St. Christopher's Hospital for Children v. Commonwealth, Department of Public Welfare

Opinion by

Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

This is an appeal by St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children (the Hospital) from an adjudication of the Department of Public Welfare (DPW) which denied the Hospital compensation for custodial care of T.J., an.infant, for the period December 21,1972 to January 4, 1973. We reverse..The facts and the applicable law are undisputed. On December 6, 1972, T.J., a three-month, old child and an eligible medical assistance patient, was admitted to the Hospital after a Philadelphia DPW social worker had found, upon visiting the child’s home, that she had been vomiting…