UC Davis Medical Center is suing the County of Sacramento and responsible public officials for their failure to process and pay more than $100 million in claims for medical care. The lawsuit involves care and services UC Davis provided to indigent patients eligible for benefits under the County Medically Indigent Services Program (“CMISP”) and to incarcerated persons who are the responsibility of the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Correctional Health Service. The unpaid fees sought in the lawsuit are for medical care UC Davis provided from July 1, 2008, through Sept. 1, 2009, and are based on negotiated rates the county agreed to pay.
Filed today (Nov. 19) in Sacramento County Superior Court, the lawsuit seeks not only to recover amounts due UC Davis, but also asserts the rights of indigent residents and seeks to prevent the county from denying them public benefits under the CMISP.
“We are increasingly frustrated and disappointed in Sacramento County’s failure to support essential health services for its most vulnerable citizens,” said Ann Madden Rice, chief executive officer of UC Davis Medical Center. “The county’s actions have put UC Davis in the position of providing — without compensation — necessary care for thousands of county patients. We are facing unprecedented demand for our services, and our resources are stretched so thin as to threaten the availability of care for all patients in the community.”
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