(July 24, 2024, 9:13 AM EDT) -- RALEIGH, N.C. — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), its secretary and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on July 23 filed a brief in North Carolina federal court supporting summary judgment and dismissal of the North Carolina Insurance Guaranty Association’s (NCIGA) suit against them, arguing that the secretary correctly found that NCIGA, as a primary plan under the federal Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) statute, must reimburse CMS for a workers’ compensation claim involving an insolvent insurer....