Opinion ID: 2023816
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Violation of the Injunction

Text: An intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded (ICF/MR) provides a higher level of care than a nursing facility (NF) and is reimbursed at a higher rate. A Rule 7 NF provides some ICF/MR level care but is reimbursed at NF rates. At the time the Injunction was entered, New Horizons was certified as a Rule 7 NF and was in the process of seeking certification as an ICF/MR. On February 1, 1993, New Horizons was certified as an ICF/MR. However, shortly thereafter this certification was rescinded, and FSSA refused to enter into a provider agreement with New Horizons as an ICF/MR. Nevertheless, New Horizons has provided ICF/MR services to its residents since February 1, 1993. The trial court found that FSSA's refusal to pay Community ICF/MR rates for New Horizons' services after February 1, 1993, was a collection effort that violated the Injunction. The trial court ordered FSSA to enter immediately into an ICF/MR agreement with Community for New Horizons and to reimburse Community at ICF/MR rates for services provided by New Horizons to its residents since February 1, 1993. FSSA complied with this order but also appealed it, and the Court of Appeals affirmed. FSSA, 641 N.E.2d at 1022-24. FSSA, however, did not raise this issue in its Petition to Transfer, and in its Memorandum of State Agencies Regarding Mootness, FSSA explicitly states that it is no longer contesting this order as part of this appeal. Therefore, we dismiss this aspect of this appeal as moot. [4]