Legal Opinion
Palmdale Hospital Medical Center v. Department of Health Services
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 20, 1992No. B055961PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
EPSTEIN, J.
The California Department of Health Services (Department) appeals from a judgment granting a peremptory writ of mandate. The writ prohibits the Department from altering its final Medi-Cal settlements with plaintiffs Palmdale Hospital Medical Center and Vista Hill Hospital because the Department’s adjustments were made more than three years after the hospitals submitted cost reports. We reach the merits of the case after deciding that the Department is not collaterally estopped from challenging this ruling by a previous adjudication against the Department, on the same issue…
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