( February 18, 2025, 9:15 AM EST) -- RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina federal judge issued an order permitting the parties to file additional briefs in the North Carolina Insurance Guaranty Association’s (NCIGA) suit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), its secretary and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), seeking a determination that the NCIGA is not a primary plan required to reimburse DHHS and CMS under the federal Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) statute....