Med-Care Associates, Inc. v. Noot

WAHL, Justice.

The issue raised by this appeal is whether the Commissioner of Public Welfare (Commissioner) properly applied the rate limitation statute, Minn.Stat. § 256B.45, subd. 3 (1982), to the Medicaid reimbursement paid to Med-Care Associates, Inc. (Med-Care) for nursing home services. The trial court held that the grandfather clause amendment prohibits the statute’s application in this case and that the Commissioner had wrongfully limited Medicaid reimbursements to Med-Care. We reverse.

Prior to 1976, the Medicaid program, through the Department of Public Welfare, reimbursed in full…