Health Law Daily Wrap Up, MEDICAID—Tex. Sup. Ct.: Orthodontia prior-authorization contractor not an ‘individual’ for purposes of interlocutory appeals jurisdiction, (Oct 16, 2026)

By Jeffrey H. Brochin, J.D.

The contractor responsible for screening dentists’ requests for state Medicaid funding for children’s orthodontia, was neither a “governmental unit” nor an “individual” for the purposes of conferring interloc ...