Government
Judge again refuses to allow 5% Medi-Cal cut
NEWS IN BRIEF — Posted March 8, 2004
A court ruling that stopped California from making a 5% cut in the Medi-Cal reimbursement rate will stand, a federal judge in California ruled in February. The California Dept. of Health Services asked U.S. District Judge David F. Levi to lift a preliminary injunction he issued last year, but the judge said the state did not give him any new evidence that would make him reconsider.
The California Medical Assn. and others last year sued the state. The groups argued that the cut, which was supposed to take effect Jan. 1, violated the Social Security Act because the reductions would hurt access to care for patients in the state's Medicaid-type program.
Note: This item originally appeared at http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2004/03/08/gvbf0308.htm.
