Healthcare lien
Settlement Delays: Who Bears the Burden?
By Marcy B. Spitz, Esq, Partner at MASSIVE In the Mass Tort world, many lives are affected directly by products and services. Once those afflicted with disease, injury, or immutable conditions occur, those around them are left to pick up the pieces. Many of those loved ones are women caregivers in their respective families.…
Read MoreMedicare Lien Reduced by 99%
An Arkansas woman sustained injuries to her eye after using the Beovu eye injection from Novartis. The plaintiff ended up with a $75,388.62 Medicare lien. Patricia Stalnaker, Lead Lien Resolution Manager, and the Mass Tort team at MASSIVE reviewed the documentation and saw that a good portion of the treatments were for “age-related macular…
Read MoreMASSIVE’s Mass Tort Team Disputed a $1M Private Lien to $0
The prescription drug Uloric caused a stroke for a New Jersey client. Like other patients that used this drug, this patient was elderly and suffered from multiple, unrelated health issues including heart problems, and needed surgery. The plan claimed that the surgery and follow up treatment was related to the Uloric case. As a result,…
Read MoreLien Resolution 101
A good percentage of people in the legal industry are unfamiliar with the term “Lien” or “Lien Resolution”. Throwing in “Rights of Reimbursement” and “Subrogation Rights” can further muddy the waters. Let’s break down these terms and clarify the process. Lien: A lien is money owed to a third party for a debt. After…
Read MoreMichigan Plaintiff’s Private Lien Waived
A Michigan woman sustained multiple injuries from a motor vehicle accident. Blue Cross Blue Shield alleged a $33,256 lien against the settlement. One of MASSIVE’s experts, John Buford, Single Event Lead Attorney, performed a detailed review of the plan language to determine BCBS’s legal right to any settlement. He found that based on coordination of…
Read MoreCalifornia Medicaid Health Care Liens
By Marcy B. Spitz, Esq. Resolving Medi-Cal liens, via California’s Medicaid program, is vastly different compared to resolving Medicaid liens in other states. This difference is because Medi-Cal recently changed its process and will NOT issue any summary of Medicaid liens until the personal injury attorney provides settlement information to it. What does…
Read MoreKentucky Plaintiff’s Private Disability Lien Completely Resolved by MASSIVE
A Kentucky man experienced lower back injuries from a motor vehicle accident and collected $125,000 from the defendant’s liability carrier. The plaintiff was covered by two disability plans that paid out almost $30,000 to him after the accident. The plan policy provided that if the settlement had been for lost wages, they could assert…
Read MoreMASSIVE at the 2021 AAJ Annual Convention
We are proud to announce MASSIVE’s continued support of AAJ for the upcoming 2021 AAJ Annual Convention July 12-15 at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. We are excited to be a sponsor for the Incoming President Party. This is sure to be one of the many highlights at AAJ’s first in-person convention in 17 months!…
Read MoreHow Did MASSIVE Resolve a Self-Funded ERISA Lien of $894,301 for $0.00?
We obtained the plan documents and determined it was not truly a self-funded ERISA plan. We don’t know whether the subrogation company intentionally represented it as a self-funded ERISA lien. Once the subrogation company realized we knew what we were doing, they offered to reduce the lien by half. We did not accept their offer.…
Read MoreHow Much Time does your Team Spend on Liens?
In recent years, lien rights for Medicare, Medicaid, and other forms of health insurance have been vastly expanded. These expanded rights mean healthcare liens have become an increasingly large portion of a personal injury law firm’s unbilled hours. At the same time, while law firms spend more time on these liens, these processes do not…
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