Department of Public Welfare v. Devereux Hospital Texas Treatment Network (K.C.)

OPINION

Justice NIGRO.

We granted allowance of appeal in these cases to consider whether the Commonwealth Court erred in reversing three administrative decisions of Appellant the Department of Public Welfare (“DPW”) which denied Medical Assistance payments to Appellee Devereux Hospital Texas Treatment Facility (“Devereux”) for certain care that Devereux rendered to three juveniles, K.C., K.T., and H.B. For the following reasons, we affirm in part and reverse in part.

Devereux is a Texas treatment facility that provides, among other things, inpatient psychiatric services. On the recommendation of…