Washington State Health Care A, et al v. Centers for Medicare & Medicai, et al
Case Number:
21-70338
Court:
Nature of Suit:
Companies
Government Agencies
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Lummi Nation
- Swinomish Indian Tribal Community
- Washington State Health Care Authority
Sectors & Industries:
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January 12, 2023
Wash. Tribes Owed Medicaid Funding, 9th Circ. Rules
The federal government must provide Medicaid funds to a Washington tribe that recently began offering dental services, the Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday, finding that a state law prohibiting non-Native people from going to tribal dentistry practices is not illegally discriminatory.
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September 01, 2022
9th Circ. Questions Denial Of Medicaid Funds For Wash. Tribe
A Ninth Circuit panel on Thursday questioned whether the federal government can deny Medicaid funding for dental services to the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community in Washington because a state law bars nontribal Medicaid patients from accessing the tribal clinic.