Cargill v. State, Department of Health

TAYLOR, Justice, Retired.

Appellant contests the district court’s order awarding the Department of Health full reimbursement, from appellant’s settlement with a third party, of benefits paid by Medicaid on her behalf. Finding no error in the district court’s order, we affirm.

I.ISSUES

Appellant, Linda Cargill (Cargill), seeks review of the following issues:

I. Can the Department of Health Care Financing enforce a medical expense lien without actually filing the lien?

II. When the plain language of the applicable statute states that the Department’s lien “shall be reduced by the attorney’s fees and…