Laguerre v. Glass

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of respondent Commissioner of Social Services which excluded petitioner from participation in the Medicaid program for a period of two years.

Petitioner, a licensed physician, was a participating provider in the State’s Medical Assistance Program (hereinafter Medicaid). After auditing 25 of petitioner’s patient records, respondent Department of Social Services found that he had violated applicable regulations and notified him of its specific…