Commonwealth, Department of Public Welfare v. Forbes Health System

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

Appellant, Department of Public Welfare of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (DPW), appeals from two separate orders of the Commonwealth Court reversing appellant’s denial of Medicaid payments to appellee Geoffrey M. Hosta and Associates and appellee Emergency Association of Southwestern Pennsylvania. Forbes Health System and Geoffrey M. Hosta and Associates v. Commonwealth, DPW, 43 Pa.Cmwlth. 609, 403 A.2d 625 (1979); Emergency Association of Southwestern Penn. v. Commonwealth, DPW, 46 Pa.Cmwlth. 599, 407 A.2d 91 (1979). At issue is whether, under Medical…