Children's Hospital of Philadelphia v. Department of Public Welfare

SMITH, Judge.

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (Hospital) appeals from the July 16, 1991 order of the Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA), Department of Public Welfare (DPW) which adopted the hearing officer’s recommendation to deny the Hospital’s appeal from a decision of DPW’s Office of Medical Assistance, Bureau of Quality Assurance. Issues raised for review are whether DPW’s medical assistance regulations require that written physician orders for medical services must be included in a patient’s medical record where there is no dispute that such services were medically necessary;…