Suit by hospitals over Virginia Medicaid emergency budget cuts is dismissed

Richmond Times-Dispatch: A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a suit filed in July by hospitals and physicians over emergency Medicaid budget cuts they said will cost them $55 million in reduced payments for emergency room visits this year amid the pandemic.

U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson, ruling on a motion from the state to dismiss the suit, held that the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association and other organizations did not have standing to have the court bar the Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services from enforcing emergency cuts enacted by the General Assembly in April.

Read article

Share