University of Medicine & Dentistry v. Grant

The opinion of the court was delivered by

PARRILLO, J.S.C. (temporarily assigned).

This is an appeal by University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey University Hospital (UMDNJ), the largest provider of charity care in New Jersey, from a final determination by the Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) that decreased its PY2000 charity care subsidy by $9,215,646 from its FY1999 allocation. UMDNJ attributes error in the DHSS’s calculation to the use of wrong charity care charges data and cost reports as well as the failure to take into account its “nominal charge provider” status…