Healthscript, Inc. v. State

ON PETITION TO TRANSFER

SULLIVAN, Justice.

Defendant - Healthseript, Inc., was charged with Medicaid Fraud for allegedly overcharging Medicaid for products it provided to its customers. The trial court denied its motion to dismiss and Defendant appealed. We reverse the trial court's denial of Defendant's motion to dismiss, finding that the statute under which Defendant was charged is too vague to meet the requirements of due process.

Background

Medicaid is a joint federal-state program that pays for some health care costs of low-income people, including care in long-term care facilities such as…