Hidden Heights Assisted Living, Inc. v. State, Department of Health & Social Services, Division of Health Care Services

OPINION

CHRISTEN, Justice.

1. INTRODUCTION

Medicaid provider Ernest Reeves, doing business as Hidden Heights Assisted Living, Inc. ("Hidden Heights" or "the facility"), appeals the finding that the facility received $47,686.79 in Medicaid overpayments. We conclude that Hidden Heights cannot invoke the doctrine of equitable estoppel to prevent the Department of Health and Social Services ("DHSS") from enforcing the applicable record-keeping and audit regulations. But because DHSS agreed to give Hidden Heights an evidentiary hearing, we conclude it was an abuse of discretion to exclude documentary…