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Health Care & Hospital Law

Nov. 20, 2009

Judge Shrinks Medi-Cal Cuts

In another erosion of the state's budget cuts, a U.S. judge on Wednesday reversed a 10 percent, $16 million cut in Medi-Cal reimbursements to hospitals not under contract with state.

By Evan George

Daily Journal Staff Writer

In another erosion of the state's budget cuts, a federal judge in San Francisco issued a preliminary injunction Wednesday reversing a 10 percent cut in Medi-Cal reimbursements to hospitals not under contract with state of California.

State finance officials will likely have to locate more than $16 million in the empty coffers to refund the hospitals for underpaying them since last ...

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