Devereux Hospital Texas Treatment Network v. Department of Public Welfare

OPINION BY

Judge FRIEDMAN.

Devereux Hospital Texas Treatment Network (Devereux Hospital) petitions for review of the April 6, 2001, order of the Secretary of the Department of Public Welfare (DPW), which upheld an order of the Bureau of Hearings and Appeals (Bureau) adopting the recommendation of a Hearing Officer and denying Devereux Hospital compensation for inpatient treatment rendered to K.T. We vacate and remand.

K.T. was admitted to Devereux Hospital on March 26, 1997, pursuant to a court order dated March 11, 1997.1 The court placed K.T. at Devereux Hospital because of KT.’s polysubstance…