Ramabrahmam v. State

OPINION AND JUDGMENT

Sommer, J.

This is a vendor-payment action, filed pursuant to section 11 — 13 of the Public Aid Code (or “PAC,” Ill. Rev. Stat., ch. 23, par. 11 — 13), in which Claimant is seeking payment from the Illinois Department of Public Aid (IDPA) of his charge for medical care rendered to a hospitalized patient and recipient of public aid. Claimant’s action was filed with this Court more than one year after the subject services had been rendered, and more than one year after IDPA had mailed to Claimant a remittance-advice, or “voucher” notice that it was “refusing to pay” (section…