United States Tenth Circuit
Mandy R. v. Owens, 05-1148, 05-1150
The reasonable promptness and comparability requirements of the Medicaid Act do not require a state to provide services, and neither recipients nor providers have a private right to enforce the sufficient payments requirement of the Act through 42 U.S.C. section 1983.
Appellate Information
- Decided 09/22/2006
- Published 09/22/2006
Judges
- McCONNELL, Circuit Judge., Before MURPHY, McCONNELL, and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Tenth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- R. Eric Solem, of Solem, Mack & Steinhoff, P.C., Englewood, CO, for Appellants., Richard Westfall, of Hale Friesen, LLP, Denver, CO, for Appellant Colorado Association of Community Centered Boards.
- For Appellees:
- Wade S. Livingston, First Assistant Attorney General, Human Services Unit of the State Services Section, Denver, CO (Attorney General John W. Suthers with him on the brief), for Appellees.