Heidi Ahlborn suffered severe, permanently disabling injuries in a 1996 car accident. Ahlborn v. Arkansas Dep't of Human Services, 397 F.3d 620, 622 (8th Cir. 2005). She sought and received roughly $215,000 in medical benefits through Arkansas's...
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On November 5, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (“CMS”), an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), promulgated 86 Fed. Reg. 61,555, an Interim Final Rule with Comment Period (“IFC”) titled “Medicare and...
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Does N.C. Gen. Stat. §108A-57 violate the anti-lien provision of the Medicaid Act as it was interpreted in Arkansas Department of Health and Human Services v. Ahlborn?
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The Medicaid program authorizes dissemination of federal funds to participating states to reimburse health care providers for services provided to individuals who are eligible for Medicaid. See California Pharmacists Ass’n v. Maxwell-Jolly, 596 F.3d...
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In 2008, Gianinna Gallardo, a 13-year-old student, was hit by a truck after exiting her school bus. Brief for Petitioner, Gianinna Gallardo, at 16. She sustained severe physical injuries and remains in a continual vegetative state. Id. Since Ms....