OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Supreme Court says the state's Department of Health and Human Services was wrong to end Medicaid benefits that had helped a woman care for her profoundly disabled daughter at home for more than a decade.
In November 2012, the department ended the benefits that provided such services as nursing and respite care for a girl listed in the ruling only at Brayden O. The department reasoned that the girl no longer met the state's qualifications to receive care in a nursing facility, which is necessary to receive the home-care benefits.
But on Friday, the Nebraska Supreme Court sided with the girl's mother and lawyers, who said the department failed to follow its own policies in determining whether Brayden was disabled enough to go to a nursing facility.
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