Mealey's (November 1, 2022, 11:15 AM EDT) -- ALBANY, N.Y. — A New York appellate court affirmed a lower court order dismissing a negligence complaint filed by a nursing home against the commissioner of a county social services agency, finding that the nursing home’s application for Medicaid on behalf of a resident was a “nullity” because neither the nursing home nor its Medicaid coordinator was authorized to sign the application on the resident’s behalf....