Missouri is denying severely disabled children full access to services and failing to prevent unnecessary placements in institutions, according to a federal lawsuit. The lawsuit was filed this week on behalf of nine children and teenagers with medically complex conditions ...

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The percentage of successful disability cases aimed at reversing the denial or re-evaluation of benefits for the aged, blind or disabled has been consistently dropping for years, Legal Aid of Western Missouri said. Data provided by the Missouri Department of ...

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The suit alleged that a state statute permitting liens against Medicaid recipients’ settlements was pre-empted by federal law.

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The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District has ended a four-year dispute over Medicaid reimbursement rates for nursing homes. The Missouri Supreme Court heard arguments in the case earlier this year but issued no opinion in the case, instead volleying ...

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A four-year fight over the implementation of the state budget made its way to the Missouri Supreme Court this week. A group of nursing homes urged the high court on Wednesday to declare that the Department of Social Services acted ...

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A St. Louis County woman is suing the Special School District of St. Louis County for slander after its employee allegedly told Social Services that she ran a meth lab out of her home. According to the petition, all claims ...

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