MAO-MSO Recovery II, LLC v. The Farmers Insurance Exchange

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs MAO-MSO Recovery II, LLC, MSP Recovery, LLC, and MSPA Claims 1, LLC filed this action on May 3, 2017, against various corporate entities within the Farmers Insurance Group of Companies. Dkt. 1. This case arises out of defendants’ alleged failure to rermburse Medicare Advantage Organizations (“MAOs”) for medical treatments or expenses paid by plaintiffs on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries who entered into a settlement with defendants. Plaintiffs MSP Recovery Claims, Series LLC and MSPA Claims 1, LLC (“plaintiffs’’) filed the operative fourth amended complaint (“FAC”) against Farmers Insurance Exchange, Farmers Insurance of Columbus, Inc.., Mid-Century Insurance Company, Fire Insurance Exchange, 21st Century Centennial Insurance Company, 21st Century North America Insurance Company, 21st Century Preferred Insurance Company, Foremost Property and Casualty Insurance Company, and Foremost Insurance Company Grand Rapids, Michigan (collectively, “Defendants”) on December 29, 2020. Dkt. 246 (“FAC”). In the FAC, plaintiffs assert that they are assignees of numerous MAOs and state a single cause of action for double damages pursuant to the Medicare…