Mealey's (October 31, 2017, 9:08 AM EDT) -- ASHLAND, Ky. — A nursing care facility does not have standing to seek Medicaid benefits on behalf of one of its former residents because the facility had no valid assignment from the resident or the resident’s guardian to file suit on the resident’s behalf, a Kentucky federal judge said Oct. 27 in dismissing the facility’s complaint seeking reimbursement for Medicaid benefits (Diversicare, et al. v. Vickie Yates Brown, No. 16-141, E.D. Ky., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 178392)....