Current News
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U.S. Supreme Court Decides That States Can Seek Reimbursement for Future Medical Expenses from Medicaid Beneficiaries’ Injury Settlements
On June 6, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court held, in a seven-to-two decision, that the Medicaid statute permits a state to seek reimbursement from settlement payments allocated for future medical care.
- 5. July 2022
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U.S. District Court in Illinois Rules in Favor of the State in Dispute with CMS Over Medicaid Reimbursements
On Friday, September 25, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois held that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) improperly disallowed claims for $140 million in Medicaid reimbursements, because the method used by Illinois to adjust the particular payments was a reasonable interpretation of the Illinois state Medicaid plan.
- 2. October 2020
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U.S. Court of Appeals Holds That the Trump Administration Violated the ACA by Withholding Certain Subsidy Payments
On Friday, August 14, 2020, the U.S. Federal Court of Appeals held that the Trump Administration violated the Affordable Care Act (ACA) when it suddenly stopped paying for subsidies intended to reduce healthcare costs for low-income individuals who buy coverage on the exchanges.
- 19. August 2020
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Arizona Appeals Court voids state law provisions allowing hospitals to impose liens on Medicaid injured recipients
On Tuesday, March 12, 2019, a three-judge panel of the Arizona Appeals Court held that Arizona statutes that allowed hospitals to impose liens on Arizona Medicaid recipients who suffered accidents in order to recover the difference between the Medicaid payments and the hospitals’ costs violated Federal law.
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- 19. March 2019