Yesterday, the plaintiffs’ firm that is representing a number of CDPAP advocates and the attorneys for the New York State Department of Health filed with the Eastern District federal court a joint proposed injunction, outlining terms that would implement the TRO of federal Judge Block, who had on March 31 granted an ambiguous and somewhat limited TRO regarding the single statewide fiscal intermediary (“SFI”) transition. Also last night, the U.S. Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) filed a “Statement of Interest of the United States of America” in the same federal lawsuit, expressing the DOJ’s interest in reviewing the ongoing transition of the SFI, and what the DOJ alleges may be privacy violations committed by New York State, as well as misrepresentations regarding “an ongoing transition of federal healthcare benefit programs.” Here, we summarize both of these developments.
