Fernandez v. Iowa Department of Human Services

SCHULTZ, Justice.

Belen B. Fernandez, M.D., a licensed psychiatrist, appeals from a district court decision affirming an agency ruling. The Iowa Department of Social Services 1 (department) held that Dr. Fernandez had violated agency rules that were established to administer the Medical Assistance Act (medicaid). Iowa Code chapter 249A (1981). The department found that Dr. Fernandez improperly signed claims and received payment for medicaid services from February 1 through September 21, 1982, in the amount of $87,727.58. These claims were based primarily on services provided by two…