Hospital can pursue Medicaid patients’ PI settlement 
Published: July 19, 2012
Tags: auto accident, Medicaid, Medicaid lien
A charitable hospital could pursue payment by filing a lien against any future personal injury settlement obtained by three patients covered by Medicaid, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled in reversing judgment.
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.
