Florence Nightingale Nursing Home v. Perales

JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:

The issue on this appeal is whether losses resulting from non-payment of money owed by Medicaid patients, despite reasonable collection efforts, are to be borne by the medical care providers to whom the money is owed or are to be reimbursed out of public funds. The State of New York and the City of New York appeal from a judgment of the District Court for the Southern District of New York (Richard Owen, Judge) granting appellee Florence Nightingale Nursing Home (“Nightingale”) partial summary judgment and enjoining the State and City from refusing to reimburse…