Community Health Center Alliance for Patient Access et al v. Lightbourne et al

On october 29, 2020, the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of California, Sacramento Division publised this Center Alliance for Patient Access et al v. Lightbourne et al complaint for declaratory and injuncive relief. This action is brought by Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) seeking to enjoin the State's FQHC pharmacy benefit carve-out from Medi-Cal managed care because the State’s request for federal approval of the carve-out is fundamentally flawed and because there is no reimbursement mechanism in place that meets basic requirements of federal Medicaid law. If implemented, FQHCs will be unable . . .