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It appears that Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAOs) and Prescription Drug Plans (PDPs), Medicare Part C and Part D private carriers, also come into the fold as entities that parties will have to deal with regarding Medicare secondary payment subrogation rights as these private carriers begin seeking reimbursement for payments made for services in which Medicare is a secondary payer.
On June 12, 2013, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey published Taransky v. Sebelius (No. 12-4437, Slip Op. D. NJ. June 13, 2013) finding that the court lacked subject matter jurisdiction because Ms. Taransky failed to exhaust her options for administrative appeal. However, the court found that despite state trial court’s order on a stipulation allocating all settlement recovery to non-medical expenses, Ms. Taransky received payment from a “primary plan” responsible for payment of her medical expenses that had been covered by Medicare. As a result, Ms. Taransky was required to reimburse Medicare under the MSP.