Brinson v. Department of Public Welfare

McGINLEY, Judge.

Ann C. Brinson (Brinson) petitions for review of an order of the Secretary of Public Welfare (Secretary) that denied Brinson’s request to be excluded from the HealthPASS medical insurance program. We affirm.

*1247On March 1,1986, HealthPASS, an experimental method of administering Medicaid through managed care, was introduced by the Department of Public Welfare (Department) in five Philadelphia Medicaid district offices.1 Brinson is a disabled medicaid recipient in one of these districts. On April 21, 1992, Brinson filed an appeal of her inclusion in the HealthPASS program. On June…