Byerly Hospital v. South Carolina State Health & Human Services Finance Commission

Waller, Justice:

Byerly Hospital and Loris Community Hospital (Hospitals) appeal a Circuit Court order affirming the Health and Human Services Finance Commission’s (Commission) ruling that “bad debt” was not includable in “total operating expenses” for fiscal year 1989-1990, for purposes of calculating Hospitals’ entitlement to Disproportionate Share Pool reimbursement payments from Medicaid. We affirm.

FACTS

The Commission administers the South Carolina Medicaid Program. Medicaid, in addition to paying claims, reimburses certain qualifying hospitals which serve a disproportionate share of…