Judge: Defendants Violated Medicaid Act By Failing To Provide Home Health Services

Mealey's (June 6, 2018, 12:10 PM EDT) -- INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana federal judge on June 1 ruled that officers of the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration violated the Medicaid Act, the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), finding that they have failed to provide a quadriplegic with the medical assistance for which she qualifies and, as a result, have institutionalized her against her will (Karen D. Vaughn v. John J. Wernert, M.D., et al., No. 16-03257, S.D. Ind., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 91670)....