Bogus v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Mencer,

Leon Bogus (petitioner) has appealed from a remand order of the Secretary of the Department of Public Welfare in his contest of a decision of the Philadelphia County Board of Assistance (Board) to change his level of nursing home care. We quash the appeal because it is premature and the remand order in question was not appealable.

The Board has been providing “skilled” nursing home care to the petitioner at the Cheltenham Nursing Center. On August 15, 1980, the Board notified the petitioner that it proposed to downgrade his level of care from “skilled” to “intermediate.”…