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  • October 18, 2016

    J.E.M. et al. v. Kinkade, Western District of Missouri

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    Missouri Medicaid beneficiaries with hepatitis C brought a lawsuit to challenge Missouri’s policy denying them access to direct-acting antiretroviral (DAA) medications, which clinical studies have shown cures the disease in more than 90% to 95% of cases. Without treatment, the hepatitis C virus can result in significant liver deterioration…

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  • March 14, 2012

    Davis v. Shah, Western District of New York and Second Circuit Court of Appeals

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    Medicaid beneficiaries in New York brought this lawsuit to compel the New York State Department of Health to cover medically necessary compression stockings and prescription footwear through the State’s Medicaid program, alleging that the failure to do so violated the Medicaid Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and Section…

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  • January 1, 2011

    T.R. v. Dreyfus, Western District of Washington

    2011 Medicaid eligible children and youths under 21 years old, with mental health needs, brought this lawsuit to obtain intensive home and community-based mental health services which they are entitled to through Medicaid’s Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment provisions. Partners: Disability Rights Washington, National Center for Youth…

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  • August 29, 2005

    Lankford v. Sherman, Western District of Missouri and Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals

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    Medicaid beneficiaries in Missouri challenged a regulation which eliminated coverage for many items of durable medical equipment, such as nebulizers, catheters, suction pumps, apnea monitors, and wheelchair accessories or scooters. Coverage was eliminated even where a medical provider said the devices were medically necessary. Without this equipment, plaintiffs and…

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  • March 15, 2005

    Edmunds v. Levine, Southern District of Florida

    Litigation Team

    Class of severely disabled Medicaid recipients challenged Florida’s decision to deny coverage of a prescription drug, Neurontin, for medically accepted indications that were cited in congressionally-recognized drug compendia, including neuropathic pain and certain psychiatric disorders, in violation of the Medicaid Act. Partners: Florida Legal Services, Legal Aid Service of…

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