Archive for June 2018
Medicare & Wrongful Death: How an Illinois Plaintiff Got it Wrong
A November 2017 decision out of the US District Court in the Northern District of Illinois gives us a very clear case study in how not to use Wrongful Death laws to avoid Medicare liens. Paraskevas v. Price was decided on November 26, 2017. The Court found that Medicare was entitled to its full claim…
Read MoreWrongful Death Cases: Can Medicare Still Have its Superlien?
We received this question directly from a plaintiff last week (who also happens to be a practicing attorney): Can Medicare claim its reimbursement right where the case is only a Wrongful Death action? Answer: Maybe. Three Medicare cases help us get to the analysis. First there was Bradley v. Sebelius (621 F.3d 1330, 11th Cir.…
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