Public Benefits

Miller v. Center for Diagnostic Imaging, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 17869 (W.D. WA 2007)

In a "short" order, the District Court adopted the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate finding that a medical malpractice…

4 years ago

Stalley v. Delta Health Group, Inc., 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5845 (D. Fla. 2007)

Stalley brought a qui tam action against a group of skilled nursing facilities for failing to reimburse Medicare under the…

4 years ago

Lakeridge Villa Health Care Ctr. v. Leavitt, 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 27338 (6th Cir. 2006)

Lakeridge is an Ohio nursing home that participates in Medicare and Medicaid. When it was surveyed, it was found out…

4 years ago

In re Estate of Smith, 2006 Tenn. App. LEXIS 715 (2006)

A Tennessee case decided November 1, 2006, addresses estate recovery for married individuals. In In re Estate of Smith, Mr.…

4 years ago

Estate of Virginia Ramirez, 2006 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 4587; 236 N.Y.L.J. 107 (N.Y. Misc. 2006)

This is a motor vehicle case where Plaintiff cited Ahlborn, seeking to avoid reimbursing Medicaid. Decedent was injured in a…

4 years ago

Reed v. Missouri Department of Social Services, Family Support Div.,193 S.W.3d 839; 2006 Mo. App. LEXIS 879 (Mo. Ct. App., E.D., 2006)

In this Medicaid case, the State appealed from a trial court decision. The trial court's finding that the applicant was…

4 years ago

Kelso v. Levitt, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 26695 (D. Mo. 2006)

Plaintiff contested Medicare's claim under the MSP statute. Initially counsel informed Medicaid by letter that there was no duty to…

4 years ago

Glover v. Liggett Group, Inc., 459 F.3d 1304 (11th Cir. 2006)

Plaintiff brought a claim under 42 U.S.C. Ā§ 1395y(b)(3)(A) to recover funds for the Medicare program attributableĀ to cigarette smoking. The…

4 years ago

Delta Health Group, Inc. v. United States HHS, 459 F. Supp. 2d 1207 (D. Fla. 2006)

CMS sought to impose a civil monetary penalty on the successor of a fined nursing home where the successor accepted…

4 years ago

James v. Richman, 465 F. Supp. 2d 395 (D. Pa. 2006)

A community spouse purchased an actuarially sound single-premium irrevocable annuity for $250,000 for the purpose of spending down excess assets…

4 years ago