Massachusetts General Hospital v. Commissioner of Public Welfare

These cases are petitions under G. L. c. 30A for judicial review of decisions of the commissioner denying payment to the hospital (MGH) for care given (a) to Mrs. Anna Schmidt, a recipient of old age assistance (see G. L. c. 118A, §§ 1-12), and (b) to one Smith, a recipient of disability assistance (see G. L. c. 118D). Appeals had been taken to the State Department of Public Welfare from the refusal of the Boston board of public welfare to pay for the later part of the hospital care of each aid recipient on'the grounds, in the case of Mrs. Schmidt, that MGH’s medical reports submitted were…