Over the years, we’ve written about the difficulties in challenging the entitlement to Medicaid in the federal courts. In light of a series of Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1990, the pathway for an aggrieved Medicaid beneficiary or provider of services to a Medicaid beneficiary to challenge a state Medicaid plan’s alleged violation of a requirement of the Medicaid program has become increasingly narrow.… More
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Enforcing the Entitlement to Medicaid: The Ongoing Saga
We have written in the past about enforcing the entitlement to Medicaid through the federal court system. In light of a recent opinion by the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, it seems that this judicial saga continues.
The federal Medicaid statute imposes roughly 80 requirements on a state Medicaid plan. For example, a state Medicaid plan must make medical assistance available “with reasonable promptness.” Social Security Act § 1902(a)(8). … More