United States Fourth Circuit

In case involving State's obligations under federal Medicaid program when paying "Federally-qualified health centers" for services they render to Medicaid patients, summary judgment for defendants is reversed in part as to plaintiff's claims for declaratory relief that: 1) Maryland does not make fully compensatory supplemental payments at least as frequently as every four months to plaintiff, a "Federally-qualified health center," for healthcare services provided to Medicaid patients; and 2) Maryland fails to compensate plaintiff for emergency healthcare services provided to Medicaid patients who are enrolled with managed care organizations with which plaintiff does not have a contract.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/22/2007
• Decided 08/24/2007
• Published 08/24/2007

Judges

• Before NIEMEYER and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges, and WILKINS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  James Leo Feldesman, Feldesman, Tucker, Leifer & Fidell, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Appellant.  Jason W. Sapsin, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:  Kathy S. Ghiladi, Feldesman, Tucker, Leifer & Fidell, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Appellant.  J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General of Maryland, Lorie A. Mayorga, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.