Lemington Home for the Aged v. Department of Public Welfare

McGINLEY, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) of the Department of Public Welfare (DPW) which sustained the recommendation of the Attorney Examiner and denied Lemington Home for the Aged’s (Lemington Home) appeal.

Prior to January 5,1993, Lemington Home owned and operated a 34 bed nursing home in Pittsburgh. On January 5, 1993, Leming-ton Home closed the 34 bed facility and simultaneously moved the 33 residents to a newly constructed 180 bed facility located *638one-half idle away. There was no change in ownership, no change in provider contract with…