Tinsley v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Williams, Jb.,

This is an appeal from an order of the Department of Public Welfare (DPW), brought by the Presbyterian-University of Pennsylvania Medical Center (Presbyterian) as attorney-in-fact for Benjamin Tinsley, the named appellant. The DPW order reversed a hearing examiner’s decision that Tinsley was eligible for medical assistance payments.

Appellant Tinsley was admitted to Presbyterian on September 21, 1978, complaining that he had swallowed glass. On the day following his admission, an application for medical assistance payments was taken by Presbyterian and on the…