Case Name: In the Matter of Lowell Weiner, Doing Business as Lowell's Pharmacy, Respondent, v. Cesar Perales, Individually and as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1990-04-24
Citations: 160 A.D.2d 567
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Lowell Weiner, Doing Business as Lowell’s Pharmacy, Respondent, v Cesar Perales, Individually and as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 160
Pages: 567–568

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Lowell Weiner, Doing Business as Lowell’s Pharmacy, Respondent, v Cesar Perales, Individually and as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services, Appellant.

Opinion:
—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Howard Silver, J.), entered March 28, 1989, granting the petition to annul respondent's determination which denied petitioner's application for reenrollment as a Medicaid provider, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Although this court has held that a Medicaid provider does not have a constitutionally protected property right to continued participation in the program (Matter of Barata v Perales, 157 AD2d 623), the IAS Part correctly concluded that, under the circumstances of this case, respondent acted arbitrarily and capriciously in denying petitioner's application for reenrollment. The regulations applicable to petitioner's appeal of its termination as a Medicaid provider are those which were in effect prior to the enactment of 18 NYCRR 504.5 (e). Concur —Murphy, P. J., Rosenberger, Kassal and Smith, JJ.