Legal Opinion
Pinnacle Health System v. Department of Public Welfare
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 16, 2008PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
Judge PELLEGRINI.
Pinnacle Health System (Pinnacle) appeals a determination of the Bureau of Hearings and Appeals (BHA) denying Medicaid reimbursement for service rendered to patients in Pinnacle’s inpatient psychiatric unit because that care fell below accepted medical treatment standards because those patients were not examined daily by a psychiatrist.
Pinnacle is a hospital system that includes an acute inpatient psychiatry unit. Physicians are present in the inpatient unit seven days a week, and each morning a psychiatrist reviews a report on every patient, which is submitted by…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Commonwealth v. RandallSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
- Gunn v. GrossmanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
- Bindschusz v. PhillipsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
- Eastwood Nursing & Rehabilitation Center v. Department of Public WelfareCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
- Commonwealth v. WestSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
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