ECC Retirement Village v. Department of Public Welfare

FRIEDMAN, Judge.

ECC Retirement Village (ECC) appeals from a final action by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare (DPW) which held that twenty (20) residents at ECC were ineligible for medical assistance. Following an audit of ECC records for the years 1987 and 1988, DPW determined that ECC owed DPW reimbursement in the amount of $414,871.96 for medical assistance which DPW had provided to those residents under the Medical Assistance Program. ECC appealed and the hearing examiner issued an order affirming the audits and denying the relief requested by ECC. ECC appeals to this court.1…