Supreme Court Asked to Weigh in on CMS Reimbursement Rights

The U.S. Supreme Court is being asked to weigh in on whether an injured worker who did not comply with a state law that requires preauthorization for surgery should bar the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services from being reimbursed for the cost of that treatment.In May, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that CMS could not recover the $46,637.41 it had spent on Guadalupe Caldera's 2005 and 2006 operations to treat a work-related back injury because Texas law required him to get approval from his employer's comp carrier first.Caldera's attorney, Daniel F. Horn...