Coleman v. Indiana Family & Social Services Administration

OPINION

KIRSCH, Judge.

Medicaid recipient Joan Coleman appeals the denial of her request for Medicaid coverage. The appeal presents three issues:

I. Whether the Indiana Medicaid regulation excluding coverage for partial dentures violates federal Medicaid' law.1

II. Whether the above-referenced Indiana Medicaid regulation violates state Medicaid law.

III. Whether the trial court erred in affirming the State Medicaid agency’s decision to deny coverage.

We reverse.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Joan Coleman, a Medicaid recipient, lacks several posterior teeth. Her dentist recommended a partial denture…