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 Id. at 1092-93 (quoting Fed. R. Civ. P. 58 (emphasis added) and Apex Fountain Sales, Inc. v. Kleinfeld, 27 F.3d 931, 936 (3d Cir. 1994)) (citations and footnotes omitted). The Albright court determined it did not have jurisdiction because the calculations not completed in the appealed order were “not likely to be. . . ministerial and uncontroversial.” Id. at 1093. Rather, they were likely to be “complicated and disputed." Id. The court acknowledged, however, that "there may be cases in which the lack of a sum certain will not preclude appellate review." Id. at 1094. The case at bar is one such case. The April 12 Order "spoke for itself," disposed of the factual and legal issues, and left only uncomplicated, undisputed, ministerial tasks to the subsequent Journal Entry. This court thus has jurisdiction.

Copeland received medical assistance from SRS pursuant to the state’s Medicaid program. Medicaid is a cooperative federal-state program through which the federal government provides financial assistance to states so that they may provide medical assistance to needy individuals. See 42 U.S.C. § 1396; ''see also Williams v. Kansas Dep’t of Soc. & Rehabilitation Servs.'', 899 P.2d 452, 455 (Kan. 1995). A state that chooses to participate in Medicaid must adopt and have approved a medical assistance plan which complies with the substantive requirements of 42 U.S.C. §§ 1396 et seq. and accompanying regulations. 42