Askin v. Commonwealth

OniNioN by

Judge Palladino,

Appellant appeals the order of the Hearing and Appeals Unit of the Department of Public Welfare (DPW), upholding DPW’s permanent suspension of appellant from the Medical Assistance (MA) Program and sustaining DPW’s demand for restitution of $91,-403.65 paid to appellant under the MA Program. We affirm.

As a pharmacist, appellant held a license to operate a pharmacy at 4222 Lancaster Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As the president and principal shareholder of a close corporation, appellant also op*82erated a medical center at 817 North Forty-second Street in…