Does the Indiana Court of Appeals' approval of lower court judge's ordered settlement of a Medicare beneficiary's liability case lacking consideration of the interests of the Medicare Trust Fund violate the Medicare Secondary Payer Act?

QUESTIONS PRESENTED The questions presented are: : : , 1. Does the Indiana Court of Appeals’ approval of lower court judge’s ordered settlement of a Medicare beneficiary’s li; ability case lacking consideration of the interests of the Medicare Trust Fund violate the Medicare Secondary Payer Act? 2. Does the conduct of the proceedings in both the lower court and in the Indiana Court of Appeals depart so far from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceeding as to prevent a full and fair hearing of the essential Medicare Secondary Payer liability settlement issue? f . ii