State Ex Rel. Department of Social & Rehabilitation Services v. Shodair Hospital

Shodair Hospital (Shodair) appeals from an order of the First Judicial District Court, Lewis and Clark County, reversing a decision of the Board of Social and Rehabilitation Services Appeals (Board) which awarded Shodair medicaid reimbursement for a patient’s hospitalization and reinstating the hearing examiner’s decision which denied reimbursement. We affirm.

We restate the issues on appeal as follows:

1. Did the District Court err in rejecting the Board’s finding that Shodair had met the Medicaid Inpatient Psychiatric Services manual criteria?

2. Does substantial evidence support the hearing…