New York’s highest court has ruled the state doesn’t have to pay Monroe and seven other upstate counties for Medicaid expenses that were made before the state enacted the Medicaid Cap in 2006, but not filed until after the new law took effect.
The Court of Appeals ruled today in a decade-long suit brought by the eight counties against the State Health Department. The counties, including Monroe and Genesee, said it was unconstitutional to deny Medicaid expenses that were incurred before the cap took effect.
The court noted that the legislation gave counties nearly six years from the time the law was enacted to identify and file any pre-cap claims. It’s ruling says the state is not obligated to pay any that weren’t filed before that deadline in April of 2012.