This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Health Care & Hospital Law

Dec. 30, 2011

Budget cuts to nursing blocked by court

A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction to block impending budget cuts that would have slashed Medi-Cal reimbursements to skilled nursing services by as much as 10 percent and formed key component in plans to overhaul the state budget.

By Gabe Friedman

Daily Journal Staff Writer

A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction to block impending budget cuts that would have slashed Medi-Cal reimbursements to skilled nursing services by as much as 10 percent and formed key component in plans to overhaul the state budget.

U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder issued a 28-page ruling Wednesday noting AB 97, signed by Gov. Jerry Brown in March 2011, would reduce Medi-Cal reimbursements to hospitals ...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up