Medi-Cal

We sued the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) because it suspended the Medi-Cal “provider status” of a registered nurse who had never actually been a Medi-Cal provider.

The Medical Board issues medical licenses and investigates doctors for misconduct, including negligence and criminal charges.  The Board can file accusations leading to administrative law hearings.

On March 23, 2010, the California Court of Appeal filed its decision in Advanced Choices Inc. v Department of Health Services. Case No B210116.

On December 9, 2009, in the case of Golden Drugs Co. Inc. v. Maxwell-Jolly, Case No. C058178, the California Court of Appeal issued a decision which upheld the termination of a pharmacy’s Medi-Cal provisional provider status by the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS).

Mednik v. State Department of Health Care Services, 175 Cal.App.4th 631 (2009). On June 30, 2009, the California Court of Appeal upheld the suspension of a physician provider from the Medi-Cal program based upon the fact that the doctor was under investigation for fraud.