McAllister v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Wilkinson, Jr.,

Petitioner, a resident of a skilled care nursing facility, appeals from a final order of the Department of Public Welfare (Department) which sustained the reclassification of petitioner’s level of care under the Medical Assistance Program1 from skilled to intermediate. We affirm.

Petitioner has been a resident of Rest HavenWhitemarsh Nursing Center, a skilled care facility, *33since 1973. Following reviews of petitioner’s medical records in 1974 and again in 1975, a State Medical Be-view Team determined petitioner qualified for intermediate rather than skilled…