8 results for 'cat:"Medicaid" AND cat:"Class Action"'.
J. Azrack throws out a class action challenging the New York health department’s alleged mishandling of applications for Medicaid assistance, claiming the department failed to provide adequate notice of the right to an expedited fair hearing and failed to timely determine a resident’s eligibility for benefits. The court finds she lacks standing to bring suit and declines to rule on the merits of her claims.
Court: USDC Eastern District of New York, Judge: Azrack, Filed On: March 1, 2024, Case #: 1:22cv1436, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: medicaid, class Action
J. Choudhury affirms a magistrate judge’s order compelling the depositions of two New York State public health commissioners in a class action alleging the state’s health department and mental health office fail to provide certain mental health services to Medicaid-eligible children. The judge granted the motion after ruling the commissioners possess unique, firsthand knowledge regarding the claims and that information cannot be obtained through other means. The court finds the ruling without any clear error.
Court: USDC Eastern District of New York, Judge: Choudhury, Filed On: January 11, 2024, Case #: 2:22cv1791, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Health Care, medicaid, class Action
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J. Strickland grants the "medically fragile" minors' motion for class certification on their claims against the New Mexico Human Services Department regarding its alleged failure to provide private duty nursing staff, as required under the Medicaid Act. Testimony from health care providers established the requisite number of patients and shortfall of nursing care to satisfy commonality and numerosity requirements, while the differences in care requirements for the class members are not so distinct as to require individualized representation.
Court: USDC New Mexico, Judge: Strickland, Filed On: December 12, 2023, Case #: 1:22cv325, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: Health Care, medicaid, class Action
J. Leinenweber dismisses a Medicaid benefits class action, finding the class members’ claims became moot in November 2022. The suing nursing home residents were approved to receive Medicaid benefits, but were nevertheless charged directly for their nursing care allegedly because the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services rejected a separate set of their nursing home resident-specific paperwork. Regardless of the substance of their class Medicaid claims, the court finds the named class representatives lack standing as they have had no outstanding healthcare invoices since November 2022.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Leinenweber, Filed On: August 29, 2023, Case #: 1:22cv63, NOS: Other Statutory Actions - Other Suits, Categories: medicaid, Negligence, class Action