( February 21, 2024, 9:11 AM EST) -- RALEIGH, N.C. — The North Carolina Insurance Guaranty Association (NCIGA) sued the U.S. the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), its secretary and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in a North Carolina federal court, seeking a determination that the NCIGA is not a primary plan under the federal Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) statute and therefore not obligated to reimburse CMS regarding a workers’ compensation claim involving an insolvent insurer....