Medicare
Massive at the WA State Association for Justice Annual Convention
Massive is a proud supporter of the Washington State Association for Justice and we are excited to exhibit at the Annual Convention August 3-6, 2017 in Vancouver, BC! Better Lien Resolution Matters when resolving health care liens for your injured plaintiffs with Medicare, Medicaid, Private Insurance, Military and VA. Our expertise ensures your clients net the highest recovery, and…
Read MoreJoin Us at the AAJ Boston Convention
American Association for Justice Convention JULY 22-25, 2017 Going to the AAJ Convention in Boston, MA July 22-25, 2017? We would love to meet up and share our lien resolution expertise with you! As a long-time, proud supporter of the AAJ, Massive is excited to be exhibiting in Boston. We are the country’s fastest and most accurate…
Read MoreMedicare Set-Asides are No Longer Set in Stone
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has long followed a clear path toward revising MSAs: You couldn’t. CMS has finally changed its tune. Its newest Workers Compensation Medicare Set-Aside User Guide lays out those changes. First – let’s review the soon-to-be-forgotten, defunct MSA re-review process. The old process did not allow re-review where…
Read MoreAnti-Subrogation States – Defeating a Lien Before it Exists
Sometimes, a lien never has to exist. Sometimes, the insurance company never stands a chance. And sometimes, a client keeps 100% of her net settlement. These times are most often settlements in anti-subrogation states – or states that statutorily refuse to allow subrogation, liens, or insurance reimbursement. The eight officially anti-subrogation states are: Arizona Connecticut…
Read MoreMassive Joins Consumer Attorneys of California at Lake Tahoe Seminar
Massive is a proud supporter of the Consumer Attorneys of California and we are excited to exhibit at the Lake Tahoe Seminar June 23-24, 2017! Better Lien Resolution Matters when resolving health care liens for your injured plaintiffs with Medicare, Medicaid, Private Insurance, Military and VA. Our expertise ensures your clients net the highest recovery, and the…
Read MoreUpdate on Liability MSAs: When, Not If
CMS is finally, officially, directly acknowledging that Liability Medicare Set-Aside Arrangements (LMSAs) are coming. Guidance is due. Medicare’s Change Request 9893 and its MLN Matters bulletin on the subject was revised on June 8, 2017. That revision includes the clearest statement that Medicare liens are just part of the puzzle. The newest piece to that…
Read MoreMedicare Numbers Revamped
CMS announced that it will begin moving away from its current ID system. That system has long relied on Social Security Numbers as the basis for Medicare’s “Health Insurance Claim Number” or HICN (its name for what we refer to as the Medicare number). While this change is a major positive step toward reducing identity theft,…
Read MoreMassive Welcomes Ahmad Zeki, Director of Business Development
Massive, LLC is pleased to announce the addition of Ahmad Zeki, Juris Doctor as Director of Business Development. Ahmad joins Massive to further develop its growing, national lien resolution services. Ahmad joins Massive with more than 10 years of business experience ranging from sales, client development, executive account management, and medical disability insurance. Ahmad is a…
Read MoreCIGA v. Price – Medicare’s Multiple Diagnosis Code Problem
In January, a California District Court attacked Medicare’s system of lumping related and unrelated diagnosis codes into payments. The problem lays in Medicare’s inflexible recovery system that essentially claims, if one code is related to the sued-for injuries, the entire payment must be repaid to Medicare. We blogged about it in January and noted that…
Read MoreMassive Supports VISTA Annual Conference
VISTA ANNUAL CONFERENCE CHICAGO, IL – MAY 11 – 12, 2017 Massive is proud to be the exclusive Signature Event Sponsor for the Vista Consulting annual conference! We are excited to be a part of this great organization that provides personal injury firms with the tools they need to maximize and optimize their business. Massive is…
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