State can impose Medicaid liens 
Published: July 1, 2011
Tags: Medicaid, Medicaid liens, Social Security Act
A state can impose liens on the property of a Medicaid beneficiary for the purpose of recovering its medical costs from personal injury settlements and awards, the 3rd Circuit has ruled in reversing judgment.
Caregiver contract counts against Medicaid eligibility
Published: April 14, 2011
Tags: estate planning, Medicaid, retirement planning
A Medicaid applicant’s $20,000 payment to her daughter for future caregiver services counted against her eligibility for nursing home benefits, a Massachusetts appellate court has ruled in affirming judgment.
NY nixes damages caps but proposes other reforms
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: March 31, 2011
Tags: damages caps, med-mal reform, Medicaid, medical malpractice, tort reform
A New York proposal to cap medical-malpractice damages at $250,000 vanished from the tentative budget agreement between the state legislature and Governor Andrew Cuomo.
New York considers med-mal caps
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: March 16, 2011
Tags: damages caps, expert witnesses, Medicaid, medical malpractice, tort reform
New York is weighing tort reform measures that include capping non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases at $250,000.
Medicaid reimbursement from tort settlement limited
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: March 14, 2011
Tags: Medicaid
A state Medicaid agency could not recover the full amount of medical payments made on behalf of a personal injury plaintiff, the Arizona Court of Appeals has ruled in affirming judgment.
Wife can’t show ‘impoverishment’ under Medicaid
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: February 21, 2011
Tags: Medicaid, Medicaid planning, spousal support
The wife of an institutionalized spouse could not obtain relief under Medicaid guidelines simply by showing that her monthly income allowance was insufficient to maintain her previous standard of living, New York’s highest court has ruled in reversing judgment.
MEDICAID
Published: January 18, 2011
Tags: Medicaid
Can Medicaid recipients and providers maintain a cause of action to enforce a provision of the Medicaid Act that purportedly preempts a state law reducing reimbursement rates?
Justices to decide if recipients can enforce Medicaid Act
Published: January 18, 2011
Tags: Medicaid, standing, Supremacy Clause
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether Medicaid recipients and providers may maintain a private cause of action to enforce a provision of the Medicaid Act that purportedly preempts a state law reducing reimbursement rates.
Mold plaintiffs needn’t fully reimburse Medicaid
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: August 27, 2010
Tags: Medicaid, toxic mold
Public housing tenants who obtained a $12 million toxic mold settlement aren’t required to reimburse the state for the full amount of Medicaid benefits they received, a U.S. District Court in Pennsylvania has ruled.
State begins paying $16 million to settle nursing home lawsuit
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: August 20, 2010
Tags: class action, Maryland, Medicaid, nursing homes
Maryland has started repaying $16 million to nursing homes and nursing home residents as part of what attorneys called the second-largest class-action settlement in the state’s history.
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