Medicare Lien Reduced to $0

MASSIVE Reduced Medicare Lien to $0!

A Michigan woman sustained multiple injuries from a motor vehicle accident and built up a Medicare lien of over $15,000.   John Buford, Single Event Lead Attorney at MASSIVE, reviewed the ICD codes provided by Medicare and found they included an unrelated injury in the lien amount. After obtaining the necessary documents to back his…

Read More

What Does an MSA Cover?

Do you have cases that need a Medicare Set-Aside (MSA)? Or maybe a Medical Cost Projection is a better fit? Let’s review what IS and IS NOT in a Medicare Set-Aside.    Medicare Set-Asides cover the basics of medically necessary treatments and prescriptions:  Medicare Part A Covers: Hospital care, home health care, skilled nursing facility,…

Read More

Marcy Spitz, Esq., Partner at MASSIVE, Featured on ICLE Video: Handle Medicare and Medicaid Liens

With the option for limited personal protection insurance (PIP) benefits now available to Michigan residents, resolving Medicaid and Medicare liens is more important than ever. View the “Handle Medicare and Medicaid Liens” seminar, hosted by the Institute of Continuing Legal Education (ICLE) to hear what MASSIVE’s Partner, Marcy Spitz, Esq. and Jeffrey Bussell of Michigan…

Read More

Lien 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 More

Does Bankruptcy Affect Liens?

While Johnson and Johnson’s Talcum Powder Bankruptcy has apparently failed (as of January 30, 2023), many other bankruptcy and personal injury/mass tort cases remain. What does that mean for liens and subrogation?   Not much.   First, remember that when we use the term “lien,” we are using an adopted, legally incomplete term. We’re generally…

Read More

Medicare Liens in Workers’ Compensation

Medicare’s process in Workers’ Compensation is generally misunderstood. The best solution? Remember that Medicare will attempt to collect from any source and any settlement.   Medicare will open files relating to a Workers’ Compensation injury in the following manner:  Recovery from the carrier. This file is via the Commercial Repayment Center (“CRC”). We can call…

Read More

Medicare Compliance for Plaintiff Attorneys

The federal government enacted the Medicare Secondary Payer Act in 1980. Since then, it has gone from a toothless idea to recoup money, to a convoluted beast affecting past and future medical payments in all settlements. What areas of the law are most concerning?   Medicare Conditional Payments. Essentially, a “Conditional Payment Letter” from Medicare…

Read More

MASSIVE’s Ryan Weiner to speak at Kansas Annual Workers’ Compensation Seminar on September 28, 2022

Ryan Weiner, Esq., COO of MASSIVE, will be presenting “Medicare Lien Resolution in Workers’ Comp Claims” at the virtual Kansas Department of Labor’s 48th Annual Workers Compensation Seminar Wednesday September 28th at 2:20pm (CST).   Key content to be discussed includes:  Understanding who is the “debtor” in Medicare’s view  Analyzing the process from plaintiff perspective…

Read More

Plaintiff and Defense Cooperation in Medicare Liens

Most settlement agreements miss a vital series of terms that all defendants must report to the government. Those terms are used in Medicare’s Section 111 reporting. They include what date of incident is being reported to Medicare, a clear statement of the settlement amount being reported to Medicare, and injury codes being reported.   Sure,…

Read More

Play by the Rules with Medicare Liens

Medicare Lien Resolution

The US Department of Justice is suing law firms who do not pay their clients’ Medicare liens.   Medicare is diligently monitoring firms to make sure their liens are reimbursed fully and timely. There are many examples of Medicare notifying the US Department of Justice when their liens have been ignored. The results are the…

Read More