Commonwealth v. Temple University of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

In this appeal from an adjudication of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Public Welfare (Department), Temple University of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Temple) pursues a challenge to the Department’s practice of denying payment to hospitals under the Medical Assistance Program for inpatient hospital care (a) during extended stays caused by the Temple hospital’s inability to transfer a patient promptly to a lesser level of care, such as a nursing home or the patient’s home, without regard to whether or not such facilities are available to…