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What rights of recovery does a managed care organization have in a workers’ compensation claim?
Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act the Iowa Medicaid Enterprise has begun utilizing Managed Care Organizations (“MCOs”) to fulfill some of its obligations under the newly created Iowa Health and Wellness Program. MCOs will likely take on an increasingly prominent role in the provision of Medicaid services to Iowa residents over the next […]
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What does the supreme court’s decision in Dart mean for claimants?
The initial reaction to the Supreme Court’s decision in Des Moines Area Reg’l Transit Auth. v. Young, No. 14-0231 (Iowa 2015), by claimants’ attorneys was decidedly negative. We do already know that the Agency is going to follow DART, as the Commissioner issued two appeal decisions on July 1, 2015 that cited it approvingly. LaGrange […]
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