In an outstanding result, the Appellate Division reversed a Medicaid reduction in Personal Care Assistance from 24 to 15 hours a day for a client who has quadriplegia.Without 24 hours a day in assistance, the client was at risk of having to leave his home and return to a nursing home.The Appellate Division understood the significance of the Medicaid PCA services: “The denial of twenty-four-hour PCA assistance in this case is utterly inconsistent with the purpose of the PCA program. But more importantly, it is irreconcilable with any notion of basic human decency.”
Congratulations to former DRNJ attorney August Pozgay who argued the case on behalf of the client.
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