Riverside General Hospital v. New Jersey Hospital Rate Setting Commission

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

GARIBALDI, J.

The issue here is whether there is sufficient credible evidence to support the determination of the New Jersey Hospital Rate Setting Commission (Commission) to exclude the costs of pension and dental plans of Riverside General Hospital (Riverside) from the calculation of that hospital’s reimbursement rates. The Commission’s determination was made pursuant to the Health Care Facilities Planning Act, N.J.S.A. 26:2H-1 to -52.

In 1981, the hospital rate setting program authorized under a 1978 amendment to the Health Care Facilities Planning Act…