Reports from University of Iowa Highlight Recent Findings in Insurance (Medicaid Recovery for All?: Iowa’s Controversial Managed Care Organization and the State’s Abrogation of the Collateral Source Rule): Insurance

Health Policy and Law Daily

2023 DEC 28 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health Policy and Law Daily -- Researchers detail new data in Insurance. According to news reporting out of Iowa City, Iowa, by NewsRx editors, the research stated, “While the collateral source rule has deep roots in state, common law jurisprudence-certain states have declined to uphold it. This is the case in Iowa, where the state partially abrogated the collateral source rule in medical malpractice cases.”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the University of Iowa, “Under Iowa Code Section 147.136, if a patient is injured by a negligent health care provider and their insurance covers their medical expenses, that patient cannot personally recover those medical expenses if they are covered by a private insurer but can recover if they are covered by Medicaid. In 2016, Iowa adopted the managed care organization model- privatizing the state’s Medicaid program. Iowa Code Section 147.136 accounts for private insurers and Medicaid but fails to account for managed care organizations.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “This Note argues that the law should be amended to include managed care organizations.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Medicaid Recovery for All?: Iowa’s Controversial Managed Care Organization and the State’s Abrogation of the Collateral Source Rule. Iowa Law Review, 2023;108(2):929-955. Iowa Law Review can be contacted at: Univ Iowa, Coll Law, 290 Boyd Law Bldg, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Jenna E. Nelson, University of Iowa, College of Law, Iowa City, IA 52242, United States.