Illinois
Hospital Can Sue Illinois to Enforce Medicaid Pay, Court Says
An Illinois hospital can sue the state Medicaid division as a result of it allegedly failed to make sure that managed care organizations promptly paid suppliers, a federal appeals courtroom mentioned Tuesday.
Suppliers have a proper to immediate fee below the Medicaid Act that’s enforceable in opposition to the state by means of a lawsuit below Part 1983 of the US Code, the US Court docket of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit mentioned in overturning a decrease courtroom’s dismissal of the lawsuit.
Saint Anthony Hospital mentioned within the lawsuit in opposition to the Illinois Division of Healthcare and Household Companies that Medicaid managed care organizations had repeatedly and systematically delayed …