Monmouth Medical Center v. State

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Pashman, J.

The primary'issue presented in this case is whether a State may, consistent with the Federal Medicaid Act, 42 27. 8. G. § 1396 et seq., and its accompanying regulations, 42 G. F. R. § 430 et seq. (1978), deny reimbursement to a hospital for medically necessary services rendered to an eligible patient who can be adequately treated in a less intensive care facility .but who, through no fault of the *302hospital, cannot he suitably placed. Specifically, we must determine the validity, as applied to the facts of this case, of a State regulation…