ABC Home Health Services, Inc. v. Georgia Department of Medical Assistance

Beasley, Presiding Judge.

This appeal, which we permitted under OCGA § 5-6-35 (a) (1), is from a decision of the superior court affirming a final administrative decision of the Georgia Department of Medical Assistance (DMA). At issue is the DMA’s authority to assign a different classification to various locations of ABC Home Health Services, Inc. (ABC), for purposes of reimbursement under the Georgia Medicaid program, than had been designated by the federal Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) and the Department of Human Resources (DHR) for purposes of Medicare.

The Medicaid program is a…