Culpeper Regional Hospital v. Cynthia B. Jones, Director

McCullough, judge.

The Director of the Department of Medical Assistance Services, DMAS, concluded that Culpeper Regional Hospital failed to make a certification required by law before admitting patients for treatment.- Based on this failure to certify, the Director ordered the Hospital to refund certain Medicaid payments. The Circuit Court for the City of Richmond upheld the Director’s decision. The Hospital appeals, arguing that: (1) the Hospital’s form admitting a patient for treatment, which is signed by a physician, satisfies the certification requirement; (2) alternatively, if the…