Virginia, Department of Medical Assistance Services v. Johnson

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ROSEMARY M. COLLYER, District Judge.

Two public hospitals in the Commonwealth of Virginia provide health care services to a disproportionate share of Medicaid and certain uninsured low-income patients and Virginia seeks supplemental Medicaid reimbursement from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”). Since 1981, Congress has provided such supplemental funds to safety-net hospitals that serve large numbers of Medicaid and other eligible patients. Congress intended these supplemental funds to improve the…