Novitsky v. Department of Public Welfare

OPINION BY

Senior Judge COLINS.

This matter is an appeal from a final order of the Department of Public Welfare (the Department), allowing the claim of the Commonwealth Office of Inspector General (OIG) for $72,538.28 in overpayments of Medical Assistance long term care benefits paid by the Department on behalf of Florence Novitsky (Recipient). Recipient’s husband, Rabbi Abraham Novitsky, who had filed the Medical Assistance claim on behalf of Recipient, petitioned on her behalf for review of the Department’s order. 1 We affirm.

OIG determined that Recipient was ineligible for Medical Assistance…