Homestyle Direct, LLC v. Department of Human Services

This is a contested-case proceeding in which the Department of Human Services (department or DHS) revoked a contractor’s eligibility to provide home delivered meals to Medicaid clients because the contractor breached its contract with the department by failing to comply with certain food preparation and delivery standards. The contractor, Homestyle Direct, objected to the revocation, arguing that the standards in the contract are not enforceable because they should have been promulgated as administrative rules. The department rejected those arguments, concluding that whether the standards…