Sanger v. Lavine

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County, entered August 3, 1976, denying petitioners’ application for reimbursement of their legal costs and expenses, is unanimously affirmed, without costs and without disbursements. Petitioners operate a nursing home. As a practical economic matter the nursing home can only exist so long as it has a "medicaid provider agreement” and thus receives Medicaid reimbursements from the State. The State Health Department having made some criticism of petitioners’ alleged staffing deficiencies, the State Department of Social Services informed petitioners that…