State Department of Social Services v. Hillhaven Corp.

Opinion by

Judge CASEBOLT.

Plaintiff, State Department of Social Services (now the Department of Health Care Policy & Financing) (Department), appeals the trial court’s affirmance of an order entered by an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) which required the Department to revise appraisal criteria utilized in assessing the value, for purposes of Medicaid reimbursement, of real and personal property owned and used by defendants, various nursing home operators.

*130On appeal; the Department contends that the ALJ exceeded his jurisdiction by erroneously interpreting a department regulation which…