July 21, 2025
No appeals court found the U.S. Supreme Court's latest term less endearing than the Fourth Circuit, where a supersize shutout accentuated a multiyear slump for the once-favored circuit and repeatedly vindicated conservative dissenters on the left-leaning bench.
April 02, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court's liberal bloc on Wednesday bristled at the notion that "magic words" were necessary to cement a public insurance program recipient's right to sue, suggesting that a private right of action is inherent in the Medicaid Act's provider choice provision.
December 18, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday partially granted the state of South Carolina's petition to review a Fourth Circuit decision blocking its Medicaid program from ending its provider agreement with Planned Parenthood, agreeing to determine if the Medicaid Act allows a beneficiary to choose a specific provider.
March 05, 2024
The Fourth Circuit rejected on Tuesday South Carolina's attempt to terminate its Medicaid provider agreement with Planned Parenthood, unpersuaded by the state's argument that a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision compelled a different outcome.
December 08, 2023
A recently decided U.S. Supreme Court case that tailored the test for when private lawsuits can be filed under a federal health law took center stage Friday at the Fourth Circuit, where judges grappled with whether they must rethink a previous ruling preventing South Carolina from dropping a Medicaid provider pact it had with Planned Parenthood.
March 08, 2022
The Fourth Circuit has shot down South Carolina's appeal of a lower court's finding that it wrongly dropped a Medicaid provider pact it had with Planned Parenthood, prompting the Palmetto State's counsel to tell Law360 it plans to take its case to the U.S. Supreme Court.