Plaintiff, a hospital that provides care to underserved patients and receives funding through Medicaid, a joint federal-state program, filed a lawsuit against the State of Illinois asserting a right to prompt payment under the Medicaid Act. The issue before the appellate court was whether the hospital has a federal right to prompt payment enforceable under federal law against the state. The Seventh Circuit held that it did not, explaining that the timely payment provision in the Medicaid Act lacked the rights-creating, individual-centric language necessary for the court to recognize a § 1983-enforceable right. (SYKES, EASTERBROOK, SCUDDER, ST. EVE, KIRSCH, LEE, PRYOR, and KOLAR, concurring, and HAMILTON, JACKSON-AKIWUMI, and MALDONADO dissenting)
Federal 7th Circuit Court
Civil Court
Medicaid Act