Ruling On Pennsylvania v. U.S. Department Of Health & Human Services

The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS) must repay $3 million to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for federal Medicaid matching funds paid for providing training to nursing home staff on reducing use of restraints. The state sought reimbursement for the training from 1996 and 2011. The costs of training were determined to be overhead costs not eligible for matching funds rather than general administrative costs that are eligible for matching. This document is the appeals court ruling on July 30, 2018, dismissing the state's challenge to the CMS repayment request . . .