Public Benefits

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.…

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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…

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

Glover v. Liggett Group, Inc. Plaintiff brought a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1395y(b)(3)(A) to recover funds for the Medicare…

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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…

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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…

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United States ex rel. Atkins v. McInteer, 470 F.3d 1350 (11th Cir. 2006)

A physician brought a qui tam action against two other physicians and several health care providers after a nurse showed…

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Ark. HHS v. Ahlborn, 547 U.S. 268 (U.S. 2006)Ark. HHS v. Ahlborn, 547 U.S. 268 (U.S. 2006)

Ark. HHS v. Ahlborn, 547 U.S. 268 (U.S. 2006)

In Arkansas Dept. Health and Human Services v. Ahlborn, 547 U.S. 268 (2006), Heidi Ahlborn suffered severe and permanent injuries at age…

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Pollo Operations, Inc. v. Tripp, 906 So2d 1101 (Fla. CTA 3rd 2005)

A personal injury victim tried to make an end-run around MSP by having payment go directly to the victim. The…

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