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171336P.pdf 07/13/2018 Lacey Robinett v. Shelby County Healthcare Corp.
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 17-1336
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Jonesboro
[PUBLISHED] [Smith, Author, with Melloy and Shepherd, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - Medicaid. Here defendants treated plaintiff, a Medicaid
recipient, after she was injured in a car accident and then billed her
directly for the amount of the claim after she received a settlement from
the at-fault driver's insurer; plaintiff claimed that both federal and
Arkansas Medicaid laws prohibited direct billing of Medicaid
beneficiaries; held, the statutes do not prohibit a medical provider from
foregoing Medicaid's guaranteed payment for covered services and opting,
instead, to bill the patient or liable third parties directly.