Mercy-Douglass Center, Inc. v. Department of Public Welfare

PELLEGRINI, Judge.

Mercy-Douglass Center, Inc. (Mercy-Douglass), on behalf of Stephen Smith Home for the Aged, appeals from a final order of the Office of Hearings and Appeals of the Department of Public Welfare (DPW) which rejected their appeal and disallowed a cost for directors’ and officers’ liability insurance under 55 Pa.Code § 1181.271(22).

Mercy-Douglass is a non-profit corporation which owns and operates Stephen Smith Home for the Aged, a provider of intermediate nursing care to medical assistance patients under the Pennsylvania Medicaid Program. 1 As a provider, Mercy-Douglass is…