SIMI VALLEY ADVENTIST HOSPITAL v. Bonta

Opinion

BERLE, J. *

In this consolidated appeal, six hospitals challenge the trial court’s denial of their petitions for writ of mandate with respect to the State Department of Health Services’s methodology in computing certain elements of Medi-Cal reimbursement. The judgment is affirmed as to the untimeliness of the administrative appeals regarding certain specific claims for reimbursement. However, since the trial court failed to rule on the legitimacy of department regulations relating to the methodology of reimbursement calculations, the case must be reversed and remanded.

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