Success Stories
MASSIVE’s Determination Resulted in Large Reduction of FEHBA Lien for Florida Plaintiff
The 19-year-old plaintiff experienced a serious slip and fall accident, which caused a knee injury. She previously sustained sports injuries that were treated on a separate basis. After a settlement was reached, the Mail Handlers Employee Benefit Plan that covered the costs for both her sports injuries and slip and fall, asserted a large…
Read MoreMASSIVE Completely Resolves South Carolina Plaintiff’s Medicare Lien
Careful research and attention to detail played a key role in MASSIVE’s experts resolving a $72,893 Medicare lien to zero. A South Carolina woman received a delay in diagnosis of a myocardial infarction, which resulted in muscle loss and subsequent surgeries. The plaintiff had a history of hypertension and had previous carotid endarterectomy due to her pre-existing carotid artery disease. MASSIVE…
Read MoreMedicare and Alabama Medicaid Liens Waived after Persistent Arguments from MASSIVE
MASSIVE reduced over $107,000 in Medicare and Alabama Medicaid liens to zero. The underlying case involved nursing home negligence case where an Alabama woman sustained stage IV pressure ulcers leading to her death. Medicare claimed a $40,271.89 lien and Alabama Medicaid claimed a $67,785.88 lien from a modest settlement. While the firm was unable to…
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’s Mass Tort Team Fully Eliminated Private Lien After Multiple Disputes
MASSIVE completely eliminated a Highmark BCBS lien involving an IVC Filter. This was especially challenging on account of the plaintiff’s large variety of health problems. Looking deeper into this case, we found that even though the plaintiff had multiple medical treatments prior to her death, none of it pertained to the IVC filter. Even…
Read MoreMASSIVE’s Experts Reduce ERISA Lien by over $300,000
A 70-year-old Michigan man thrown from a horse suffered multiple fractures requiring emergency surgery and led to a $592,000 ERISA lien. During that surgery, the plaintiff aspirated during anesthesia induction and died. The ERISA lien contained very strong subrogation rights pursuant to the plan document and the federal statute. The $592,000 lien was too…
Read MoreMASSIVE Reduces Medicaid Lien by over $400,000
MASSIVE was determined to significantly reduce a Connecticut Medicaid lien for a brain injury as a result of medical malpractice. Connecticut’s Medicaid Statute is clear that it is not required to reduce for fees and costs. The lienholder saw the settlement amount as sufficient to pay back the lien in full. Our attorneys saw…
Read MoreTexas Plaintiff’s Medicare Lien Reduced by Over $90,000
MASSIVE’s successful dispute in a nursing home negligence case led to a significant reduction in the Medicare lien. The injuries for this case were for pressure ulcers only, however, the plaintiff had significant hospitalizations with other injuries that Medicare added to the lien. MASSIVE’s expert attorneys reviewed the liens and disputed to Medicare that the…
Read MoreNew York Plaintiff’s Private Lien Reduced by Over $54,000
MASSIVE significantly reduced a United Healthcare lien for a medical malpractice case involving a failed cancer diagnosis. Many of the charges that the lienholder was attempting to collect were from after the settlement date. The law firm had difficulty communicating with the lienholder and hired MASSIVE to get the job done. Our skilled expert lien resolution attorneys carefully laid out the facts to the lienholder who agreed with MASSIVE’s argument and removed…
Read MoreMASSIVE Reduces Pennsylvania Aetna Lien to Zero
With meticulous attention to detail and expert knowledge of state law, MASSIVE completely eliminated a lien from a motor vehicle accident lawsuit. Despite the lien holder’s insistence, scrutiny of the Plan language indicated this was not a self-funded ERISA plan based on its incomplete language and self-funded affidavit from the wrong year. The adjuster disagreed with our position and continued to pursue the so-called ERISA…
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