State Department of Health Care Policy & Financing v. S.P.

Opinion by

JUDGE NEY *

T1 S.P. was injured in a snowboarding accident at a ski area. She applied for Medicaid assistance and was accepted. Over the course of several years, Medicaid paid $142,779 for her medical care necessitated by the accident. S.P. sued the ski area, alleging negligence, and eventually settled the case for one million dollars. Medicaid was entitled to a statutory lien against the settlement for repayment of the medical assistance it had provided. § 25.5-4-801(5)(@), C.R.8.2014. The settlement agreement, however, did not *1035specify the portion of the settlement amount…