If your team is still managing liens in-house, you're not just wasting time, you're risking your efficiency, profitability, your reputation, and your clients' satisfaction. Recovery contractors like Machinify (formerly Rawlings), Katch (formerly Equian), Optum, and Conduent exist for one purpose: maximum reimbursement out of your client's recovery. When a firm negotiates those claims between depositions, the asymmetry shows up in the client's net and in staff hours the firm never gets back.
The hidden cost of inefficient post-settlement lien resolution adds up fast. Recovery contractors have deep pockets and staff who pursue nothing but liens, your team doesn’t have that luxury.
Don’t leave this to chance.
Seven best practices for protecting client recoveries, from early lien identification and legal validity checks to strategic negotiation, ethical compliance under ABA Model Rules 1.1 and 1.15, and using technology to keep every file on track.
Why in-house resolution costs more than it looks like — the case-acceptance obligations firms take on, what it actually means to negotiate against recovery contractors built solely to extract reimbursement, and the ethical duties under ABA Model Rules 1.1 and 1.15 that apply either way.
A white paper by Jason D. Lazarus, J.D., LL.M., MSCC, on the ethical and practical case for outsourcing, the obligations firms take on at case acceptance, what it costs to go head-to-head with recovery contractors built solely to extract reimbursement, and how outsourcing protects both the client's net recovery and the firm's bottom line.
A step-by-step checklist covering file screening, Conditional Payment Letter review, the Final Demand's 60-day window, Medicare Advantage and Part D claims, MSA considerations, and documentation, everything a firm needs to stay compliant at every stage.
Synergy is the nation's largest provider of single-event healthcare lien resolution and Medicare Secondary Payer compliance for personal injury law firms. We act as an extension of the firm, removing the lien resolution administrative burden and ensuring compliance so our clients can focus on what they do best. Our team pairs deep subrogation expertise with advanced technology and industry leading customer service to deliver exceptional outcomes. With more than 300 years of combined experience across all 50 states, we have saved injury victims over $1 billion through strategic lien resolution.
Schedule a free case review. Synergy will analyze the lien, identify reduction opportunities, and give you a clear path forward. Synergy only gets paid when it saves the client money.
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