Federal Judge Dismisses Dispute Over Assessment Sought By HMO’s Liquidator

Mealey's (June 20, 2019, 3:31 PM EDT) -- SALT LAKE CITY — Addressing the factors in State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Mhoon, 31 F.3d 979 (10th Cir. 1994), a Utah federal judge on June 3 chose to dismiss a declaratory judgment action, which alleged that an assessment made by a health maintenance organization’s (HMO) liquidator against another HMO is preempted by federal Medicare law (Molina Healthcare of Utah Inc. v. Todd E. Kiser, No. 19-00025, D. Utah, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 93299)....