State Acts To Delay As Pharmacy Lawsuit To Stop The 10 Percent Medi-Cal Provider Cuts Is Moved To Federal Court

The Schwarzenegger Administration, in an eleventh hour move, took action to delay a hearing on a temporary restraining order (TRO) sought by eight retail community pharmacies to stop the ten percent Medi-Cal provider cuts from taking effect on July 1, 2008. On June 9, 2008, eight California pharmacies filed an action in state court seeking to restrain DHCS from implementing a ten percent reduction in pharmacy reimbursements for prescriptions dispensed to Medi-Cal beneficiaries.

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Filed under: Medical Malpractice / Litigation on June 30th, 2008