Category: Lien Resolution

 If your personal injury client has employer-sponsored health insurance, you’re almost certainly dealing with ERISA. And if you’re not prepared for what that means, you could be leaving significant money on the table or, worse, exposing your firm to liability.

If your client is on Medicaid and settles a personal injury case, you will almost always face a Medicaid lien. How you handle that lien directly affects your client’s net recovery, your professional liability, and your firm’s reputation. Yet many

When a Medicare Final Demand arrives in the mail or your inbox, the clock starts ticking. Under the Medicare Secondary Payer recovery process, payment must be made within 60 days of the Final Demand letter to avoid interest on the

Medicare compliance sits at the center of modern personal injury practice operations. Trial lawyers and paralegals face real exposure when Medicare interests go unaddressed or get handled incorrectly. The risk is not abstract. Medicare can assert direct recovery rights, including

Medicare compliance is not optional. It is an obligation that directly impacts your clients and your firm. The Medicare Secondary Payer Act (MSPA) makes Medicare the payer of last resort. That means Medicare must be reimbursed for any payments it

Law firms handling personal injury cases know they must protect Medicare’s interest when it comes to conditional payments. But fewer realize the steep risk involved when that Medicare claim comes from a Part C Medicare Advantage plan. Under federal law,

You settled the case. Medicare was paid back. The file is closed. Or so you thought.

If your client had a Medicare Advantage Plan, also known as Part C, that “closed” file could come back to haunt you. Part C

A core challenge for plaintiff attorneys handling third-party liability cases involving federal employees or retirees is navigating FEHBA (Federal Employees Health Benefits Act) reimbursement and subrogation rights. Unlike state statutory or common-law liens, FEHBA liens are grounded in a federal

Medicare conditional payments are one of the most common sources of settlement delays, mistakes, and malpractice risk in personal injury litigation. They aren’t optional. They aren’t minor. And the Department of Justice has made it clear: if your firm fails

When a Medicare final demand hits, the timer starts. Payment is due within 60 days or interest begins to accrue. If you miss that window, the debt can end up with the U.S. Treasury. But for personal injury firms, the