United States Eighth Circuit

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 recovery to only those portions of the payments made for medical expenses.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/09/2005
• Published 02/09/2005

Judges

• COLLOTON, Circuit Judge., Before MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, RILEY, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• H. David Blair, argued, Batesville, Arkansas (Phillip Farris, on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Richard B. Dahlgren, argued, Little Rock, Arkansas, for appellee.