Grane Hospice Care, Inc. v. Department of Public Welfare

OPINION BY

Judge LEAVITT.

Grane Hospice Care, Inc. petitions for review of an adjudication of the Department of Public Welfare ordering it to reimburse the Department for payments it received to provide hospice care services to T.L. (Patient), who was enrolled in Medical Assistance. The Department found that these services were not medically necessary and were not documented in accordance with the applicable regulation. *324Grane Hospice contends that it substantially complied with the paperwork requirement and that the care it provided was medically necessary because Patient’s overall condition…