Tag: lien resolution

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

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

When representing injury victims, trial lawyers often find themselves navigating the murky waters of ERISA self-funded plans. A recurring and increasingly problematic issue is the use of reimbursement agreements. Some ERISA plans will refuse to pay claims until the

Personal injury law firms live in the courtroom. Their core focus is proving causation, liability, and damages not negotiating with Medicare, ERISA plans, or hospital billing departments. Yet, as every law firm knows, cases don’t truly end at settlement. They

In our previous blog, we tackled the Medicare conditional payment resolution process. However, if your client, during treatment for their injuries, switched to a Medicare Advantage Plan (MAO-Part C), the resolution process might not be over. Here’s why: While you

Personal injury firms excel at what they were built to do: securing justice by proving liability, telling their client’s story, and getting the best possible settlement or verdict. Yet once the dust settles, another challenge arises, resolving liens.

Here’s the

Correctly navigating Medicare’s conditional payment resolution process is critical for personal injury attorneys, given the complex legal framework and the substantial risks involved in failure to reimburse. Under the Medicare Secondary Payer Act (MSPA), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid