Okoli v. New York State Department of Social Services

OPINION OF THE COURT

Harold J. Hughes, J.

Petitioner brings this proceeding to annul respondent’s decision to terminate his enrollment in the Medicaid program.

Petitioner is a physician with a practice located at 703 East 187th Street, Bronx, New York, with the bulk of his patients being members of minority groups and Medicaid recipients. Medicaid (42 USC § 1396 et seq.) provides medical assistance to the poor. It is financed by Federal and State funds, and administered by the States. In New York, health care providers such as physicians, pharmacies, and laboratories, enroll with the Department…