Peterson ex rel. Frei-Peterson v. Utah Department of Health, Division of Health Care Financing

*2OPINION

GREENWOOD, Judge:

Heidi Peterson, mother of Markelle Frei-Peterson (Markelle), petitions for review of a Final Agency Order of the Department of Health, Division of Health Care Financing (DHCF), which denied Medicaid coverage for treatment of Markelle’s short bowel syndrome with human growth hormone, as recommended by Markelle’s treating physician. We affirm the Agency Order.

BACKGROUND

Two-year-old Markelle has short bowel syndrome,1 and, as a result, relies on total parenteral nutrition (TPN), a form of intravenous feeding, for almost all her nutritional needs. Her treating physician,…