Sunset Nursing Home v. DeBuono

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (McNamara, J.), entered July 26, 2004 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioners’ application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review certain determinations of respondent Commissioner of Health summarily rejecting certain Medicaid reimbursement rate appeals.

Petitioners, an association of nursing homes and four of its members, commenced the instant CPLR article 78 proceeding challenging determinations of the Department of Health that rejected administrative rate appeals seeking increased Medicaid reimbursement due to increases in…