Craigmont Care Center v. Department of Social Services

Petitioners appeal from the district court decision on judicial review requiring respondent agency to publicly disclose cost reports filed in connection with petitioners’ receipt of medicaid payments. We affirm.

Petitioners are various intermediate health care facilities (hereinafter nursing homes) and a nonprofit corporation, the members of which include Iowa profit and nonprofit nursing homes. Each of petitioners received medicaid payments under Title XIX for some of their patients, and had been filing semi-annual cost reports with the Iowa Department of Social Services (DSS). The reports…