CHRIST v. COM., DEPT. OF PUBLIC WELFARE


911 A.2d 624 (2006)

CHRIST THE KING MANOR; Davis Manor Nursing Home; Ellen Memorial Health Care Center; Edison Manor; Good Shepherd Home-Bethlehem; Good Shepherd Home LTC Facility, Inc.; Health & Living Centers, Inc., d/b/a; Collins Health Center; Margaret E. Moul Home; Menno Haven, Inc.; Menno Haven Penn Hall; Park Pleasant, Inc.; Sycamore Creek Nursing Center; Westwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center; Brighten at Ambler; Brighten at Broomall, Brighten at Bryn Mawr; Brighten at Julia Ribaudo; Golden Hill Nursing Home, Inc.; Mary J. Drexel Home; Mon Valley Care Center, Rheems Nursing & Rehabilitation Center; Southwestern Nursing Center; Susquehanna Valley Nursing & Rehabilitation Center; Trinity Mission of Shenandoah Heights, L.P., Petitioners v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE, Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 22, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Hoffman, Harrisburg, for petitioners.

Daniel J. Doyle, Sr., Deputy Attorney General, Harrisburg, for respondent.

BEFORE: COLINS, President Judge, and McGINLEY, Judge, SMITH-RIBNER, Judge, FRIEDMAN, Judge, LEADBETTER, Judge, COHN JUBELIRER, Judge, and SIMPSON, Judge.


OPINION BY Judge SIMPSON.

In an effort to increase funding, Petitioners1 filed an amended petition for review. It challenges the validity of amendments to regulations for nursing facility payment rates under Pennsylvania's medical assistance program. Specifically, Petitioners seek a declaration that the amended regulations2 are unenforceable because they were authorized by the Act of July 7,

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