State’s Medicaid reimbursement law preempted 
Published: July 23, 2012
Tags: Arkansas Department of Health & Human Services v. Ahlborn, Medicaid reimbursement, medical malpractice
Federal law preempts a state law granting the state the right to full reimbursement from a Medicaid recipient’s personal injury award or settlement, West Virginia’s highest court has ruled.
State can enforce Medicaid reimbursement deal
Published: March 30, 2012
Tags: Arkansas Department of Health & Human Services v. Ahlborn, Medicaid
A state could enforce an agreement with a Medicaid recipient’s attorney providing a dollar-for-dollar reimbursement from a personal injury settlement, the Nebraska Supreme Court has ruled.
Medicaid agency can’t take one-third of settlement
Published: March 29, 2012
Tags: Arkansas Department of Health & Human Services v. Ahlborn, Medicaid lien, medical malpractice
Federal law prevents a state Medicaid program from taking one-third of an injured minor’s personal injury settlement pursuant to a presumption created by the state’s third-party liability law, the 4th Circuit has ruled in reversing judgment.
