MASSIVE Reduces Medicare Lien by over 93%

MASSIVE Reduces Medicare Lien by over 93%

A Texas woman developed pressure sores due to nursing home negligence. The plaintiff also had previous health ailments that were unrelated to the negligence. During her time in the hospital, she built up a total of $297,357.16 in Medicare liens.   After reviewing the case, Christina Sanalitro, Senior Lien Negotiator at MASSIVE, was able to…

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How to Resolve Medicare Conditional Payments

As a personal injury attorney, it is critical to know and understand the best way to resolve Medicare Conditional Payments. First, be prepared and plan a strategy to know approximately how much the lien will be as the case progresses. Second, communicate with your client so they understand that a lien may exist and that…

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Medicare Lien Reduced by Over $100,000 for Florida Plaintiff

The plaintiff in this case suffered multiple injuries including brain bleed and weight loss due to nursing home negligence. His treatments built up a total of $140,209 of Medicare liens.   Medicare added other claims that it paid while the plaintiff was in the nursing home for his brain bleed and other injuries. John Buford,…

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MASSIVE Completely Resolves Medicare Lien for Connecticut Plaintiff

A Connecticut man received a delayed diagnosis of parotid cancer. This is an aggressive form of cancer and can be terminal. However, if caught early, life expectancy can be prolonged with early intervention.   MASSIVE’s experts established that the treatment on his lien was medically necessary for the plaintiff’s cancer care and would have occurred…

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Oklahoma Plaintiff’s Medicare Lien Fully Waived by MASSIVE

MASSIVE ensured an Oklahoma Plaintiff was able to take home her full net settlement despite a Medicare lien that was more than ten times the settlement amount.   The plaintiff was a part of a mass tort Genzyme Hernia Mesh claim. The lien amount was over $100,000 and not part of a global resolution, which…

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Medicare Lien “Mail Bag”

MASSIVE’s Ryan Weiner, Esq. spoke at Rise’s 5th Annual Medicare Secondary Payer Conditional Payment Forum on July 28th. We received some great questions during that presentation, and we wanted to use them to help everyone learn more about the Medicare lien resolution process.    Question: Do you report Wrongful Death as a date of injury or a claim? For example, if a person…

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Are you Resolving the Right Medicare Lien? 

There can be multiple Medicare liens for one personal injury event. Let that sink in.   We can acknowledge Medicare lien resolution is difficult enough, but how can there be multiple Medicare liens for one personal injury case? The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has created a complex system where different “debtors” look at different Medicare lien…

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Another Successful Lien Resolution!

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A MASSIVE Lien Resolution Increases Settlement for Plaintiff MASSIVE increases settlement and reduced liens by $1,500,000 for a motorcycle rider from Nassau County, New York. The 19 year old plaintiff was involved in an accident near a bridge within an unmarked construction zone.  The case settled against the construction company for $4.8 million due to injuries…

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Texas PI Firm Sued for Failure to Pay Medicare Lien

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The US Attorney’s Office has filed suit against another personal injury law firm for failing to pay a Medicare lien. Previous similar actions have been settled with firms in the northeast and Atlantic coast that ignored liens. This time, the law firm paid something to Medicare, but tried to reduce the lien using improper, non-administrative…

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