Judge rules Georgia can’t deny kids Medicaid services
June 17th, 2008From The Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
A U.S. district judge in Atlanta has ruled that the state does not have the discretion to deny services prescribed by a treating physician for children receiving Medicaid.
Georgia child health advocates hope the decision will stop the state from denying medical services to children who receive Medicaid.
Advocates say the state has a long history of reducing or denying care ordered by physicians and paid for through the program that is jointly funded by the state and federal government
The decision came in the case of a girl whose doctor prescribed 94 hours of private duty nursing care a week for her, but the state Department of Community Health approved only 84 hours.
An estimated 700,000 children in Georgia are eligible for Medicaid.
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