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033377P.pdf 02/09/2005 Heidi Ahlborn v. Dept. of Human Serv.
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 03-3377
Eastern District of Arkansas
Civil Case - Social Security Act. District court's grant of summary
judgment to Arkansas Department of Human Services is reversed. The
federal Medicaid statutes, which provide for the assignment of rights to
third-party payments, but prohibit placing a lien on a Medicaid recipient's
property, limit the State's recover to only those portions of the payments
made for medical expenses. [PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with M.
Arnold and Riley, Circuit Judges]