Judge Rules Medi-Cal Doesn’t Owe Out-Of-State Hospitals Retroactive Damages
The state's Medicaid program does not have a "ministerial duty" to the 19 Oregon, Arizona and Nevada hospitals that sued California for underpaying them, says U.S. District Judge Edward Chen.
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Hospitals Denied Back Damages In Case Against California Medicaid
Although California's Medicaid program underpaid out-of-state hospitals for their services, it does not have to pay retroactive damages, a federal judge in San Francisco has ruled. (Pierson, 4/13)