New York Court of Appeals February 15, 1994 (County of Monroe Ex Rel. Monroe Community Hospital v. Kaladjian)

OPINION OF THE COURT

Smith, J.

The issue in this case is whether the Department of Health’s (DOH) decision to deny petitioner Monroe County’s request, on behalf of its County hospital operation, for additional Medicaid reimbursement due to the difference between petitioner’s estimated electric utility costs for 1983, a rate base year, and actual usage in 1990, was arbitrary and capri

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