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PLAINTIFF NURSING HOME CAN BRING A PLENARY ACTION TO DETERMINE A RESIDENT’S MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY WITHOUT BEING BOUND BY THE RESIDENT’S FAILURE TO REQUEST AN ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL OR THE FOUR-MONTH STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, held plaintiff nursing home can bring a plenary action in its own right to determined the Medicaid eligibility of a resident. The nursing home is not bound by the resident’s failure to request an administrative appeal and is not constrained the the four-month statute of limitations in CPLR 217:

The plaintiff, an operator of a nursing home facility, commenced this action seeking a judgment declaring that one of its residents was entitled to Medicaid coverage for the period February 7, 2013, through August 31, 2014, with an appropriate transfer penalty. The defendant moved to dismiss the complaint on the grounds, inter alia, that the plaintiff failed to exhaust its administrative remedies, the statute of limitations had expired, and the plaintiff failed to join a necessary party. In an order dated November 26, 2019, the Supreme Court granted the motion. The plaintiff appeals.

The Supreme Court erred in granting the defendant’s motion pursuant to CPLR 3211(a) to dismiss the complaint. “It is well established that a nursing home may, as here, bring a plenary action in its own right against the agency designated to determine Medicaid eligibility” … . In such a plenary action, the nursing home is “not bound by the patient’s failure to request an administrative appeal of the local agency’s denial of medical assistance” or “by the four-month Statute of Limitations contained in CPLR 217” … . Moreover, authorizations executed by the resident allowing designated employees of the plaintiff to represent him “during the Medicaid eligibility process” and during “any Fair Hearings” did not impair the plaintiff’s right to commence its own plenary action … . Kings Harbor Multicare Ctr. v Pierre, 2022 NY Slip Op 06920, Second Dept 12-7-22

Practice Point: A nursing home can bring a plenary action in its own right to determine the Medicaid eligibility of its resident without regard for whether the resident pursued an administrative appeal and is not constrained by the four-month statute of limitations in CPLR 217.

 

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