Hoag Mem'l Hosp. Presbyterian v. Kent

*416The central question before us is whether an administrative appeal challenging the overall legality of a Medi-Cal audit reduction encompasses a later challenge to an alleged calculation error within that same audit for purposes of determining timeliness of the calculation error challenge. We find it does not.

Petitioner Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian (Hoag) is an acute care hospital whose patients include beneficiaries of California's Medi-Cal program. The California Department of Health Care Services (the Department) prepared a Medi-Cal audit reviewing Hoag's cost report for fiscal year…