St. Benedict's Health Center v. North Dakota Department of Human Services

MARING, Justice.

[¶ 1] The North Dakota Department of Human Services appealed from a district court judgment reversing the Department’s determination that for purposes of establishing St. Benedict’s Health Center’s direct care costs for its medicaid reimbursement rate for the 2001 rate year, St. Benedict’s non-certiñed “nursing department helpers” were not “nurse aides.” We conclude the Department’s interpretation of nurse aides to mean certified nurse aides is reasonable and entitled to deference. We reverse the judgment and reinstate the Department’s decision.

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[¶ 2] The issue in this case…