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100 results in Cases.
  • April 7, 2008

    McCartney v. Dempsey, Eastern District of North Carolina

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    Class of Medicaid-eligible children with behavioral, emotional, or developmental conditions challenged North Carolina’s decision to deny or reduce their requests for mental and behavioral health services, and for making those decisions without providing adequate notice or informing them of the right to continue receiving benefits during the appeal. Partner:…

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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

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    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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  • January 1, 2002

    Antrican v. Odom, Eastern District of North Carolina

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    Child Medicaid beneficiaries filed suit against the North Carolina Medicaid agency for its failure to ensure that they received necessary dental services, violating various provisions of the Medicaid Act, including the Early, Periodic, Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment requirements. Partners: North Carolina Justice Center, Womble Bond Dickinson (Formerly Womble Carlyle…

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