Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System v. Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services

Case 2:21-cv-00952-DWL Document 43 Filed 07/20/23 Page 1 of 38 1 WO 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Arizona Health Care Cost Containment No. CV-21-00952-PHX-DWL System, 10 ORDER Plaintiff, 11 v. 12 Centers For Medicare and Medicaid 13 Services, 14 Defendant. 15 16 This lawsuit arises from a long-running dispute between a state agency, the Arizona 17 Health Care Cost Containment System (“AHCCCS”), and a federal agency, the Centers for 18 Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”), over Medicaid funding. In 2018, after years of 19 negotiations, CMS…