Florida Nursing Home Ass'n v. Paige

ORDER

HOEVELER, District Judge.

THIS CAUSE came before the Court on Defendants’ motions to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction. Defendants contend that the relief sought by plaintiffs is barred by the Eleventh Amendment.

HISTORY

Plaintiffs are nursing homes and a nursing home association. They brought suit against the State of Florida and the United States alleging that the plan under which Florida reimbursed them for services to Medicaid patients did not meet the standards set by the federal Medicaid law, and that as a result they were underpaid. At the time this action was brought, the Social…