all - Opinion Summaries

Children's Hospital Ass'n v. Azar

Health Law, Administrative Law
Reversed. The district court's decision to vacate a regulation defining "costs incurred" within the Medicaid Act was reversed because the regulatory...

American Clinical Laboratory Association v. Azar

Health Law, Civil Procedure
Reversed and remanded. The district court erred when it dismissed a complaint by a group of laboratories for lack of subject matter jurisdiction...

Cal. Advocates for Nursing Home Reform v. Smith

Health Law, Constitutional Law
Reversed and remanded. Plaintiff challenged the constitutionality of Health and Safety Code section 1418.8 that provided procedures for when a nursing...

Rivera v. Kent

Health Law, Administrative Law
Reversed. Trial court granted Plaintiff’s petition for a writ mandating the Defendant, Department of Health Care Services, make Medi-Cal eligibility...

Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian v. Kent

Health Law, Government Benefits
Held that a hospital waited too long to file an administrative appeal challenging a reduction in Medi-Cal reimbursements. Affirmed that the filing was...

Kennedy v. Superior Court (Grafilo)

Health Law
Held that a physician must comply with a court order to produce patient records to the California Medical Board, which was investigating vaccination...

J.D. v. Azar

Health Law, Immigration Law, Constitutional Law
In an immigration case, struck down as unconstitutional a federal policy that bars unaccompanied alien children in government custody who are pregnant...

Forrest General Hospital v. Azar

Health Law, Government Benefits
Held that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services improperly calculated two Mississippi hospitals' Medicare reimbursements, specifically,...

National Abortion Federation v. Center for Medical Progress

Sanctions, Health Law, Communications Law
Held that it was too soon to appeal from civil contempt sanctions because there was no final judgment yet. In the underlying litigation, an...

Azar v. Allina Health Services

Health Law, Administrative Law, Government Benefits
Held that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services neglected its statutory notice-and-comment obligations when it revealed a new policy that...