Medicaid and the enforceable right to receive medical assistance: The need...

William and Mary Law Review;  February 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......held that [section] 1396a(a)(8) of the Medicaid Act (2) grants eligible Medicaid recipients...services for which they qualified under the Medicaid Act. (5) The court held that the plaintiffs...interpret medical assistance as used in the Medicaid Act, considers the different remedies ...

Federal lawsuit challenges Mississippi Medicaid program's prescription...

Older Americans Report;  February 10, 2006 ;     488 words ......say limiting access to medications violates the Medicaid Act and jeopardizes the health of Mississippians...in what plaintiffs say is a violation of the Medicaid Act. The Medicaid Act establishes a comprehensive scheme for providing...

Medicaid.(Legislation Briefs)(Medicaid Act of 2005)(Brief Article)

Legislative Network for Nurses;  March 7, 2005 ;     94 words ...Rep. Heather Wilson (R-N.M.) has introduced the Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid Act of 2005 (H.R. 985), a companion measure to S. 338, AHA-backed legislation that would create a bipartisan commission to study how...

Transform It, Don't Reform It; Medicaid Needs a New Structure and the...

The Washington Post;  March 2, 2005 ;     700+ words ......and the elderly poor. A 21st Century Responsible Citizen Medicaid Act would divide Medicaid into three distinct areas, each administered...their lives. Passing a 21st Century Responsible Citizens Medicaid Act is achievable. Because Medicaid is equally a federal and...

State can't recover dead spouse's Medicaid payments, rules Missouri Court...

Lawyers USA;  February 25, 2008 ;     278 words ......recipient's spouse. But the court decided that the federal Medicaid Act allows a state to recover assistance through the estate of...recovery and [the state recovery statute] conflicts with the Medicaid Act," the court said. It noted a similar decision from the Illinois...

4th Circuit rules plaintiff can sue under Sect. 1983 to enforce Medicaid...

Lawyers USA;  October 8, 2007 ;     319 words ......to enforce the "reasonable promptness" requirement of the Medicaid Act, the 4th Circuit has ruled. The plaintiff's applications...promptness," the court reasoned. The court also noted that "the Medicaid Act does not explicitly forbid recourse to [Sect. 1983]." It...

Shriver Center to Hold Sixth Annual Awards Dinner; Helen Thomas, Marc...

U.S. Newswire;  November 24, 2004 ;     277 words ......is the broadest challenge yet to a state's administration of the Medicaid Act. Judge Joan Lefkow issued an opinion declaring that the state's administration of the Medicaid Act violates the plaintiffs' rights-a landmark victory for the class...

West: California roadblock; Ruling puts in doubt Medi-Cal reimbursement...

Modern Healthcare;  January 5, 2004 ;     665 words ......that was set to take effect Jan. 1 would violate the federal Medicaid Act by making it more difficult for Medi-Cal patients to receive...implemented to help balance Arizona's budget, violate the Medicaid Act and that HHS broke the law when it approved them. Levi's...

Smokers challenge tobacco pact

The Topeka Capital-Journal;  April 13, 2000 ;     659 words ......Medicaid recovery action compelled by the Medicaid Act, "and that the state is therefore not...tobacco companies as required by the Medicaid Act or by refusing to pay a portion of the...according to the requirements of the Medicaid Act. Kansas is among 12 states in which...

Medicaid coverage of nursing services can be enforced, but eligibility...

Older Americans Report;  April 14, 2006 ;     399 words ......v. Weeks, 436 F.3d 1152, No. 04-35704. The section of the Medicaid Act known as 1396a(a)(10), which requires states to provide nursing...people act under the color of law to deprive rights. The Medicaid Act section known as 1396a(a)(17), however, which requires states...

Medicaid coverage of nursing services can be enforced, but eligibility...

Mental Health Law Report;  April 1, 2006 ;     403 words ......not another, a three-judge panel ruled. The section of the Medicaid Act known as 1396a(a)(10), which requires states to provide nursing...people act under the color of law to deprive rights. The Medicaid Act section known as 1396a(a)(17), however, which requires states...

Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right: Medicaid, Section 1983 and the Cost of an...

Vanderbilt Law Review;  October 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......such services.4 The language of the Medicaid Act ("the Act") does not expressly provide...States.9 The Sixth Circuit held that the Medicaid Act was within the term "laws" for the purposes...certain requirements imposed by the [Medicaid] Act and regulations imposed by the Secretary...

Mental-health group sues state

Central Penn Business Journal;  June 26, 1998 ;     625 words ......Houstoun "willfully and intentionally disregarded" the federal Medicaid Act's rate-setting provisions. The department has no process...guidelines set out in federal law, Shorey said. A similar Medicaid Act enforcement proceeding is also pending in federal court...

Judge Blocks Cutbacks to California's Medicaid Program.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  December 24, 2003 ;     700+ words ......California lawmakers, amounted to a violation of the federal Medicaid Act, particularly its guarantees on quality and equal access...official in state government made a determination with the Medicaid Act criteria in mind. Assemblyman Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento...

MEALEY PUBLICATIONS: MISSISSIPPI MEDICAID TOBACCO ACTION TO CONTINUE;...

PR Newswire;  August 28, 1995 ;     408 words ......Medicaid nor the governor authorized the suit. The state's Medicaid Act vests sole authority in the Medicaid Division to evaluate...February rejected the industry's contention that the state's Medicaid Act divested the state of its constitutional and statutory remedies...