6th Cir: CMS Entitled to Large Portion of Settlement

By John P. Kamin, Legal EditorThe U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is entitled to take most of an accident victim's settlement money for reimbursement of medical bills paid by Medicare, according to a published decision from the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals that some are calling inequitable.The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Vernon Hadden must pay the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) $62,338 from his $125,000 settlement pursuant to the Medicare Secondary Payer Act. The case title of the published opinion is Hadden v. US, No. 09-6072, 11/21/11.Hadden,...