United Cerebral Palsy Associations of New York State, Inc. v. Cuomo

MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER

CHOLAKIS, District Judge.

This action involves the initiation, by the New York State Department of Social Services (“DSS”), of a “lag” in the reimbursement of Medicaid funds to certain health care providers. Under this “lag,” each payment by the State to the providers will be delayed by one day until the payments are ultimately received by the provider two weeks later than had been the practice prior to the implementation of the “lag.”

The Medicaid Program, established pursuant to title XIX of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1396 et seq., establishes a joint…