SMART v. STATE

No. S-13438.

237 P.3d 1010 (2010)

Keirsten SMART, on behalf of herself and all those similarly situated, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES, Karleen Jackson, in her official capacity as Commissioner of the Department, Division Of Health Care Services, and William Streur, in his official capacity as Deputy Commissioner of the Division, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

August 20, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Davis, Jr., Goriune Dudukgian, and Ryan Fortson, Northern Justice Project, Anchorage, for Appellant.

Megan R. Webb, Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and Daniel S. Sullivan, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellees.

Before: CARPENETI, Chief Justice, FABE, WINFREE, CHRISTEN, and STOWERS, Justices.


OPINION

FABE, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

The State of Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) is authorized by regulation to use "statistically valid sampling methodologies" to calculate overpayments made to providers of Medicaid services who are subject to audit. DHSS created a protocol that details its auditing methodology, and an independent auditor used this protocol in the audit...

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