Marble v. State

¶1 Intervenor Benefis Healthcare (Benefis) appeals an Order issued by the Eighth Judicial District Court, Cascade County, denying its motion to declare Carolyn Marble (Marble) eligible for Medicaid, and compel payment of Medicaid nursing home benefits. We affirm.

¶2 Benefis raises the following issues for review:

1. Does Montana’s Administrative Procedures Act (MAPA) preclude the Department of Health and Human Services from raising new reasons to deny Medicaid eligibility before the District Court when the Department failed to raise those issues that were previously known at the administrative…