HCR ManorCare v. Department of Public Welfare

969 A.2d 4 (2009)

HCR MANORCARE, Old Orchard Health Care Center, Petitioner

v.

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE, Respondent.

No. 180 C.D. 2008.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Submitted on Briefs December 10, 2008.

Decided March 2, 2009.

Kirk S. Sohonage, Harrisburg, for petitioner.

Lisa B. Dees, Asst. Counsel and Allen C. Warshaw, Chief Counsel, Harrisburg, for respondent.

BEFORE: LEADBETTER, President Judge, and SMITH-RIBNER, Judge, and PELLEGRINI, Judge, and FRIEDMAN, Judge,[1] and COHN JUBELIRER, Judge, and SIMPSON, Judge, and LEAVITT, Judge.

OPINION BY Judge LEAVITT.

HCR ManorCare, Old Orchard…