County of Monroe v. Axelrod

Determination unanimously confirmed without costs and petition dismissed. Memorandum: Petitioner County of Monroe operates the Monroe Community Hospital, an institution for the hospitalization and extended care and treatment of the chronically ill. Petitioner was compensated for services provided to eligible Medicaid recipients at rates established by the respondent Commissioner of Health based upon the facility’s reasonable operating costs for an annual period with adjustments for inflation.

Petitioner filed a hospital cost report for 1972, which resulted in the establishment of the Medicaid…