An Alabama based Attorney General recently filed a lawsuit against the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for making policy changes that allegedly help them grab portions of settlements and awards that have not been collected by the state yet.
Attorney General Troy King says that the federal Medicaid agency ignores and refuses to comply with his Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to view records pertaining to its recent policy change. These changes comprise the subject of his lawsuit against CMS.
King has also filed a lawsuit against CMS on behalf of Alabama's Medicaid agency. This was done five days after the state submitted its FOIA request to CMS.
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December 11, 2008 / category: Big Brother / link / comments (0)

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