Community Services Management Corp. v. Commonwealth, Department of Public Welfare

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

The Community Services Management -Corporation, d/b/a Options (petitioner) appeals here from an order of the Department of Public Welfare (Department) denying the petitioner’s Request for Reconsideration and affirming the decision of the Department’s Office of Hearings and Appeals. This decision had adopted the hearing officer’s recommendation to dismiss the petitioner’s appeal from the denial of a license for its partial hospitalization programs.

The petitioner is a proprietary corporation operating free standing partial hospitalization facilities1 in Lancaster and…