Dist. Ct. did not err in dismissing for lack of standing action filed by plaintiffs-consultants providing services to nursing homes and long-term care facilities, where plaintiffs alleged on behalf of class of nursing home residents obtaining Medicaid benefits in said homes and facilities that defendants had failed to process timely payments for claims submitted by said nursing homes/facilities to Medicaid managed care organizations. Plaintiffs did not maintain that they had standing to bring instant claims in their own right. Moreover, while plaintiffs argued that it had standing to assert residents rights under 42 C.F.R. section 435.923, Dist. Ct. could properly find that said regulation did not allow plaintiffs to bring civil lawsuit on behalf of residents, and that said regulation only allowed plaintiffs to assist residents in submitting Medicaid applications or renewal applications for said benefits and receiving on behalf of said residents only documents and agency communications regarding Medicare eligibility-related matters.
Federal 7th Circuit Court
Civil Court
Standing