Saturday, October 16, 2010

 

Health Centers Threaten To Sue State


WEST VIRGINIA....
One in five West Virginians, more than 373,000 people, get their medical care through the state's 28 federally-funded community health centers. More than 91,000, or 26 percent, are Medicaid patients, while another 25 percent have no insurance. West Virginia's community health centers say, since 2001, the West Virginia Medicaid program has arbitrarily paid them less than the cost of care for patients. They say the action violates federal law which requires them to serve everybody who comes, whether they are insured or not. In a 14-page letter delivered Friday to Department of Health and Human Resources Secretary Patsy Hardy, attorneys for the Primary Care Association said the state has showed "complete disregard for federal law" in this matter, and if the DHHR does not take steps to correct the situation within 10 days, the association will take legal action.





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