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Details and information displayed here were provided by this business and may not reflect its current status. We strongly encourage you to perform your own research when selecting a care provider. [¶ 31] In addition to disagreeing with the Court's standard of review as applied to the facts of the State's conduct, I also believe that Murphy Homes has presented sufficient facts to raise a dispute of material fact related to its claim of equitable estoppel. The Care.com Safety Center has many resources and tools to assist you in verifying and evaluating potential care providers.
The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed, holding the breach of contract and quantum meruit claims were not legally viable; and Murphy Homes failed to allege facts to generate a trial worthy issue of fact on the reliance element of its equitable estoppel claim. Thus, identifying discrepancies between the amount due as Seed payments from DHHS for medical services billed on a monthly basis, and the amount due as tuition set by DOE for educational costs on a yearly basis was not as "obvious" as the Court suggests. Even assuming, arguendo , that Murphy Homes realized at the earliest possible moment that Seed was not included in tuition, because DOE sets these rates on a yearly basis, Murphy Homes would have been foreclosed from meeting DHHS' 120–day payment review deadline for a large portion of its claims. Affording Murphy Homes all favorable inferences here, I believe that it has set forth sufficient evidence to raise a disputed issue of material fact as to the third element of its estoppel defense as well. In particular, Murphy Homes's dependence on those statements as a basis for its decision not to invoke the 120–day review process was insufficient as a matter of law to meet the "clear and satisfactory" evidence standard for generating a trial-worthy issue of fact on the reliance element of its equitable estoppel claim.
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[¶ 9] Because the CFO believed that the Seed payments were already included in DOE tuition calculations, he did not include the Seed amount in the CARES forms he submitted to DOE for educational expenses. Despite his decision to omit the Seed information from CARES reports, the CFO believed that the Seed was being paid by DOE in part because Murphy Homes was approved for tuition rates for educational expenses that were higher than the operating costs it submitted on the CARES forms. That Seed payments representing the State's share of the allowed medical expenses were added to the tuition rates set by DOE for educational expenses. The record does not suggest that, after those few conversations with DHHS and DOE employees, there were any further conversations with State employees about payment amounts for nearly a decade, until 2011. During all of this time, Murphy Homes continued to receive payments and payment documentation that demonstrated on the face of the documents that Murphy Homes was receiving payments in amounts less than Murphy Homes believed it was entitled to receive. [¶ 17] The undisputed facts establish that the MaineCare Benefits Manual requires that any provider disputing amounts received as reimbursement from the State seek administrative review of those disputes within 120 days after the date of the questioned remittance statement is received from the State.
Relying on these statements, the plaintiffs refrained from taking action for over two years, and by the time they filed suit, the limitations period on their malpractice claim had run. Murphy Homes alleges in its complaint that it was led to believe for approximately a decade that Seed payments that were supposed to be made by DHHS were actually included in DOE tuition payments. In concluding that Murphy Homes's equitable estoppel claim fails, the Court here unnecessarily takes an "all or nothing" approach. The amount of time Murphy Homes "sat on its hands" before seeking legal redress is one factor among many that a fact-finder may consider in analyzing whether Murphy Homes's reliance was reasonable. Consequently, a trier of fact could find that Murphy Homes's reliance on the statements of State officials regarding these payment practices was reasonable for some period of time, but not for the entire ten years it alleges to have been misled. For instance, a fact-finder could determine that Murphy Homes's reliance was reasonable only during the first two years after the statements were made, a finding that would restrict Murphy Homes's recovery to only those damages it incurred during that timeframe.
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The Pelletier Court limited the application of the "clear and satisfactory" standard to cases where an equitable estoppel claim is based on the governmental actor's silence. In Department of Human Services v. Bell , the case upon which the Pelletier Court relied, we similarly limited the application of this standard to only those cases where a party relies on the government's inaction. 1998 ME 123, ¶ 8, 711 A.2d 1292 ("Equitable estoppel based on a [party's] silence will only be applied when it is shown by clear and satisfactory proof that the was silent when he had a duty to speak." ). Although I concur with the Court's conclusion that Murphy Homes's quantum meruit claims are barred under the doctrine of sovereign immunity, see Court's opinion ¶ 16, I do not agree with its assertion that "bsent legislative authorization waiving sovereign immunity, an action to recover money from the State is barred by sovereign immunity." Id. [¶ 16] Absent legislative authorization waiving sovereign immunity, an action to recover money from the State is barred by sovereign immunity, see Drake v. Smith , 390 A.2d 541, 543 (Me. 1978).
Additionally, a DOE official testified in a deposition that she falsely certified on State-generated forms that providers such as Murphy Homes were receiving Seed payments for the purpose of obtaining the corresponding federal match funds. The Psychologist or Licensed Psychological Examiner will have direct interaction with the people supported; the staff, guardians and person centered planning team on our adult residential programs and beyond. In addition, there will be consistent communication and collaboration with representatives from various State Agencies to assess regulatory matters and requirements as it pertains to services provided and needs of individual clients. Collaboration with additional treatment providers will be provided as needed to support the behavioral/mental health needs of the individual. John F. Murphy Homes, Inc. is seeking a Licensed Psychologist or Licensed Psychological Examiner who would be responsible to oversee psychological services for adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities and autism. Duties will include, but not be limited to, psychological evaluations, development, monitoring and clinical oversight of treatment plans, counselling, and consultative services with recipients of disability services.
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[¶ 13] After a period of discovery, the State moved for summary judgment on all claims. The trial court granted the State's motion, concluding that Murphy Homes's claims for breach of contract were barred because it failed to properly invoke the payment review process provided in the MaineCare regulations. Further, the court determined that Murphy Homes could not utilize equitable estoppel to prevent the State from relying on the 120–day deadline provided in the Manual, because Murphy Homes's reliance on the statements of State employees that the Seed payments were included in tuition rates for educational expenses was unreasonable as a matter of law.
[¶ 40] Unlike the circumstances in Hanusek , where the plaintiff relied on a single statement made by a nurse of the defendant hospital, here Murphy Homes relied on what could be considered objectively trustworthy information from DHHS and DOE officials that was corroborated by a pattern of conduct occurring over the course of many years. When Murphy Homes's CFO recognized a discrepancy in the payments the school was receiving from DHHS, he contacted DHHS directly to inquire about it. After being informed by the DHHS official that DOE, and not DHHS, would be paying the Seed through tuition payments, the CFO contacted the very person responsible for calculating DOE tuition rates. That DOE official corroborated the erroneous information the CFO received from the DHHS official. Apart from the information Murphy Homes received from officials from both DHHS and DOE, it also relied on information contained in documentation amassed over multiple years which confirmed Murphy Homes's understanding of the payment practices described by the State officials.
Here, the discrepancies between amounts claimed to be due and amounts paid first occurred during fiscal year 2001—between July 1, 2000, and June 30, 2001. The discrepancies in payments continued for over ten years until reimbursement practices were changed by DHHS sometime during fiscal year 2011—between July 1, 2010, and June 30, 2011. [¶ 10] Although the tuition rates calculated by DOE were higher than Murphy Homes's educational operating costs, the rates were never high enough to cover both the Seed and the educational operating costs. The CFO believed that this discrepancy was the result of DOE including the entire Seed amount in the tuition rates but approving less than Murphy Homes's total annual educational costs. Despite noting the underpayments apparent on the remittance forms, Murphy Homes never invoked the 120–day administrative review procedure.
See id. (quoting Dep't of Human Servs. v. Bell , 1998 ME 123, ¶ 8, 711 A.2d 1292 ). The State was therefore entitled to a summary judgment. John F Murphy Homes, Inc is a Speech-Language Pathology practice in Auburn, ME with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in preventing, assessing, diagnosing, and treating speech, language, cognitive communication, and swallowing disorders arising from illness, injury, deficiency, or congenital birth defect. Speech-Language Pathologists at John F Murphy Homes, Inc perform testing, evaluation, and treatment of disorders relating to how patients form words, communicate, and process the speech of others. Speech-Language Pathology is a medical specialty that deals with disorders related to how patients form words, speak, and understand what others are saying to them.
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