Lien
Medicare Numbers Transition: Begins April 1
Medicare is finally transitioning its beneficiary ID numbers (known as Health Insurance Claim Numbers, or, HICNs) beginning April 1, 2018. This change is required by a 2015 law, and Medicare first announced this transition nearly a year ago on May 31, 2017. See our previous blog post on this topic by clicking here. How will the…
Read MoreMedicare Reporting Guidelines – 2018 Update
CMS has released its annual SMART Act report to Congress. The report includes the usual updates you’d expect, namely, cost of recovery data and reporting thresholds. Reporting Thresholds First, CMS has updated 2018 Mandatory Insurer Reporting and plaintiff-settlement reporting thresholds. Any settlement below these amounts needs not be reported by defendants (or, “primary payers”) and…
Read MoreMedicare & The Upside Down (Case)
Sometimes we refer to a case where fees and costs exceed settlement as “upside down.” An Indianapolis firm asked us: can a Medicare Plan (meaning Medicare Advantage or Medicare Supplemental Plan) claim a lien in the upside down world? No. Medicare Advantage Plan liens claim their rights exist from the same laws that allow Medicare…
Read MoreMassive Welcomes Brooke Hodge, Director of Business Development
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Massive Welcomes Brooke Hodge, Director of Business Development, to Innovative Lien Resolution Company SOUTHFIELD, MI, February 27, 2018 Massive (“Massive”), the industry’s most advanced and responsive healthcare lien resolution company, is pleased to announce the addition of Brooke Hodge as Director of Business Development. In her role, Brooke will consult with national…
Read MoreMassive Presenting at ATLAS Lawyers Seminar
Massive is a very proud supporter of ATLAS and we are excited to be presenting at the ATLAS Lawyers Legal Seminar February 21-23, 2018 in Miami, FL! Managing Partner Todd Franklin will be addressing the topics “Streamlining Lien Subrogation and Medicare Set-Asides: The Ripple Effects Felt by the Plaintiff.” This presentation will be full…
Read MoreAhlborn is Back – Retroactively. What it Means.
Nearly every trial lawyer association has put out an alert by now: “Ahlborn is back!” “Permanent & Retroactive Ahlborn ‘Fix’” “Ahlborn… Resurrected?!” You get it. We get it. Everybody gets it. Ahlborn, it’s a thing again. But what does that mean for you? First – a quick history. The Ahlborn case involved the plaintiff arguing…
Read MoreCRC Transition Begins Today (February 7, 2018)
Please remember Medicare liens for what it considers No-Fault and Workers’ Compensation files may not change for a few days. Performant Recovery, Inc. officially takes over tomorrow, February 8, 2018; however, CGI is handing off all data beginning today, February 7, 2018. All CRC files will re-start processing (mail, faxes, etc.) on Monday, February 12, 2018.…
Read MoreNew CMS Contractor Coming February 2018
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that a new Commercial Repayment Center (CRC) Contractor, Performant Recovery, Inc. will take over CRC duties on February 8, 2018. Performant will assume responsibility for conditional payment recoveries from no-fault insurers and workers’ compensation entities. CMS will be presenting webinars on the transition on January…
Read MoreJoin Massive for a Lien Resolution CLE Presentation
Ahmad Zeki, Director of Business Development at Massive, will be presenting to the Inland Counties Association of Paralegals on Wednesday, January 17, 2018. The topic is ‘Lien Resolution and Future Medicals: The Ever-changing World of Liens & Future Medicals and How to Deal with Them.’ Dealing with lien claims management is frustrating and tedious. Each lien requires…
Read MoreMassive Supports the M&L Winter Legal Forum
Massive Managing Partner Todd Franklin will be attending the M&L Winter Legal Forum Marketing conference January 10-13, 2018 in Costa Rica! As long time supporters of M&L, we are excited to contribute to this collaborative group dedicated to success. Massive is the country’s most accurate and reliable lien resolution company, quickly resolving healthcare liens with Medicare, Medicaid, Private Insurance, ERISA, Military and VA.…
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