Legal Opinion
Sandefur v. Cherry
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 13, 1983No. 82-3564PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
Louisiana’s Medicaid plan authorizes reimbursement of ophthalmologists for any medically necessary eye care they provide to needy persons. The plan allows reimbursement of optometrists only for prescribing eyeglasses to persons who have had cataract surgery and for eye care they furnish to persons under 21 years of age. The plaintiffs, licensed optometrists, contend that the reimbursement policies violate state and federal law because, unlike ophthalmologists, they are not reimbursed for eye examinations of needy persons. The district court ruled for the…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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3Cited by22 opinions
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