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Glacier County authorizes attorney to withdraw appeal on IHS EMS claims after legal review
Summary
After hearing from county counsel that many IHS-related EMS claims are likely time-barred or precluded where Medicaid paid, Glacier County commissioners authorized the county attorney to file a motion withdrawing the county's appeal of those claims.
The Glacier County Board of Commissioners voted March 3 to authorize the county attorney to file a motion withdrawing the county’s appeal of Indian Health Service (IHS)-related EMS claims.
Deputy county attorney David Hagedat told the board many claims date from 2016–2017 and face statute-of-limitations hurdles. He also said federal rules and payment priorities mean Medicaid payments can preclude recovery from IHS for services Medicaid already paid. "A lot of them are from 2016, 2017,…
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