Appeals Court Dismisses Illinois Patients’ Long-Term Care Suit

A federal appeals court dismissed a proposed class action alleging the Illinois Medicaid program unlawfully rejected elderly patients’ admission documents for long-term care services because the plaintiffs could not prove they were directly harmed by the state’s actions.

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Monday found that four elderly patients admitted to long-term care facilities in Illinois lacked standing to sue the state for prospective relief over alleged mismanagement of their admission documents because they could not prove they faced “a substantial risk of future injury.”

The case involved Illinois’ rejection of elderly patients’ “admission packets” ...