Why Lien Identification, Verification, and Audit Are Critical for Personal Injury Firms
Lien resolution doesn’t start with negotiation—it starts with identification, verification, and audit. Without these foundational processes, a law firm risks missed claims, overpayment, compliance issues, and dissatisfied clients.
Identification is Mission Critical
You can’t resolve what you don’t know
Lien Reduction Strategies: Navigating Federal and Military Healthcare Liens
When settling cases involving clients with federal or military healthcare coverage, understanding the complex landscape of lien recovery rights is crucial. This blog highlights key issues and strategies related to federal employee and military healthcare liens.
FEHBA Liens
The Federal
Why Lien Resolution Is So Challenging for Personal Injury Law Firms—And Why It Matters
For personal injury firms, achieving a settlement or verdict is only half the battle. The real work isn’t finished until every lien is resolved. Yet lien resolution remains one of the most daunting aspects of personal injury practice. It is
Medicaid Lien Resolution Fundamentals
Medicaid liens often arise in personal injury cases where the injured party is indigent, and the program has covered the client’s medical expenses. Under federal law, Medicaid programs must recover these expenses from third-party settlements. However, the process is governed
Preservation of Needs-Based Benefits & Other Considerations
August 10, 2023
By Jason D. Lazarus, J.D., LL.M., MSCC
Section 1: Introduction to Special Needs Trusts
Medicaid and SSI are income and asset sensitive public benefits, which require planning to preserve. In many states, one dollar of SSI benefits …
Settlement Compliance Strategies for Closing Cases
October 13, 2022
By Jason D. Lazarus, J.D., LL.M., CSSC, MSCC
Ethical Issues at Settlement
Suffering even a moderate personal physical injury can create difficult challenges both financially and emotionally for even the strongest among us. However, what happens when …
Advanced Strategies for Closing Cases Compliantly: A Case Study
November 11, 2021
In the confusing landscape of public benefits and planning issues that arise today for trial lawyers when settling catastrophic injury cases, finding your way can be a daunting task. Many
questions come up such as should the …
What Should You Do About Possible Health Insurance Liens?
August 12, 2021
When handling a third-party liability case and you know your client had health insurance that paid the medical expenses, should you check to see if there is a lien interest on the settlement funds? …
Medicare Compliance – How to be TOTALLY Medicare Compliant
Jason D. Lazarus, J.D., LL.M., MSCC, CSSC
So, what do lawyers assisting Medicare beneficiaries do given all of the issues surrounding representing Medicare beneficiaries?
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Hospital Liens Carry Ethical and Legal Obligations
April 22, 2021
Michael D. Walrath, Esq.
Direct provider “liens” against settlement proceeds have teeth, whether hospital or physician liens, statutory or contractual. The various positions of state bar associations on these issues, and the limited law delineating them, have …
