A Denver choose has quickly allowed a distinguished Medicaid transportation supplier to proceed working within the state, marking the newest abrupt swivel in a dispute between the corporate and Colorado’s Medicaid authority.
State Medicaid officers eliminated the corporate, MedRide, from the transportation program as a result of MedRide allegedly had did not adjust to this system’s guidelines, a few of which had been just lately carried out to deal with a fraud scheme.
The corporate then filed a lawsuit final week opposing its termination. It requested a choose to permit it to function whereas that lawsuit performed out.
That request was granted Thursday after a court docket listening to the day earlier than. Denver District Courtroom Choose Jon J. Olafson dominated that the potential hurt to sufferers and to MedRide — one of many largest Medicaid transportation suppliers within the state — warranted the corporate’s momentary reintroduction into this system.
The order shall be in impact for 2 weeks, throughout which MedRide can proceed providing rides to sufferers. Olafson additionally directed the corporate and the state Division of Well being Care Coverage and Financing, which oversees Medicaid, to set one other listening to date.
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