Medicare Beneficiary Lacks Standing to Assert Private Cause of Action under the Medicare Secondary P
Recently, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the district court’s decision that a Medicare beneficiary did not have standing to sue under the private cause of action (PCOA) provision of the Medicare Secondary Payer Act (MSP). In Gucwa v. Lawley, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 9428, the plaintiffs filed suit against Accident Fund Insurance Company (Accident Fund) under the MSP, arguing that Accident Fund wrongfully refused to pay medical benefits on behalf of the injured plainti