Upon settlement, personal injury attorneys need to request a final lien letter which includes the the final amount of reimbursement sought by medicare. Personal injury lawyers and plaintiffs can lock-in an amount for up to 3 months which is helpful during negotiations because it gives the parties...
Medicare and future medical expenses: does the "super lien" apply? It's common practice to accommodate Medicare liens in personal injury liability claims. But must litigants also protect Medicare from future medical expenses - i.e., those that might be incurred by the plaintiff after settlement...
When Medicare liens are involved in personal injury settlements, Medicare has been likened to an "800-pound gorilla" at the negotiations table. Any significant Medicare lien can dominate settlement negotiations because the Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) statute grants Medicare a firstpriority right to...
Injury victims on Mediare could lose their benifits and have a treasury lien placed on their assetsif the injury victim does not pay back Medicare for the medical bills Medicare paid that arise out of a bodily personal injury claim. Medicare often pays for medical expenses incurred by...
Medicare has authority to reduce or waive its Medicare lien ifit is in the “best interests of the program,” if the “probability of recovery, or the amount [of the recovery] does not warrant pursuit” of the lien, or if enforcing the lien would lead to significant “financial hardship....
Pursuant to the Benefit Agreement(s), BLUE CROSS may hold a lien on third party liability payments in the amount of benefits paid by BLUE CROSS and the value of medical care provided under BLUE CROSS SENIOR SECURE for the treatment of the illness, injury or condition for which a third ...