Anthony L. Jordan Health Corp. v. Axelrod

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.

Medicaid reimbursement rates for petitioner, a diagnostic and treatment center, are calculated by respondents pursuant to Public Health Law § 2807 for a rate period of April 1 through March 31. These rates — prospective in nature — are determined by adjusting the cost data of each facility for a base year. While 1978 had been used as the base year in determining petitioner’s 1982-1983 reimbursement rate, owing to a change in the law enacted March 31, 1983, respondents used 1981 as the base year…