Forms over substance: Agency can’t retract payments by claiming paperwork errors 
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Published: November 26, 2012
Tags: Administrative, Fairfax County Circuit Court, Judge Lorraine Nordlund, Judge Mary Jane Hall, Norfolk Circuit Court
The Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services has been rebuffed in two different cases in its efforts to get back money it paid for services rendered through Medicaid.
In cases from Fairfax and Norfolk, DMAS sought to retract payments of more than $100,000 by claiming providers made errors in filling out agency forms.
But two different judges ...
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