Dispute Over Kentucky Medicaid Work Requirements Will Stay In D.C. Court

(April 24, 2018, 2:55 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an April 10 ruling, a District of Columbia federal judge rejected efforts by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and other defendants to transfer a dispute over the new Kentucky Medicaid program to the Eastern District of Kentucky, deeming the case a matter of “national significance” (Ronnie Maurice Stewart, et al., v. Alex M. Azar II, et al., No. 18-152, D. D.C., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 60477)....