Supreme Court of Connecticut
Rathbun v. Health Net of the Northeast, Inc.
March 10, 2015
Summary
The court held that the statutory subrogation right assigned to Health Net under General Statutes § 17b-265 authorizes Health Net to seek reimbursement directly from Medicaid recipients for medical costs those recipients recover from liable third parties. It relied on common-law subrogation principles and the federal Medicaid requirement that states recover Medicaid payments from liable third parties to the extent of their liability. The court affirmed the Appellate Court's judgment granting Health Net summary judgment.