A Florida Federal District Court finds Section 409.910 in conflict with the US Supreme Court's decision in Ahlborn and only applies to past medical expenses in terms of Florida Medicaid liens....
Unfortunately, as part of the budget signed by President Obama on the 26th of December (Merry Xmas), a legislative fix for Ahlborn & Wos was made law.
In WOS v. EMA, the first case to reach the US Supreme Court after Ahlborn, the highest Court in the land again examined a state statute requiring up to one-third of any damages recovered by an injury...
The SMART Act is a piece of legislation designed to make the Medicare Secondary Payer Act more user friendly. It addresses current issues with the conditional payment recovery process. The...
On June 6th, I participated in a meeting with CMS officials regarding MSP related issues in Washington, DC. I also spent some time lobbying a couple of members of the House on behalf of the SMART...
On April 12th, the Florida Supreme Court ruled on the proposed amendment to rule 4-1.5 and rejected it. What does this mean for lien resolution outsourcing? Read more about it in the post.
Hadden is a case of extreme importance in the field of Medicare conditional payment resolution. Medicare currently does not take into account factors that lead to reduced recovery when resolving...
The MSPRC issues a new alert indicating a $300 low dollar threshold for condtional payment recovery.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee met on 6/22 in response to the SMART Act (reform of the MSP). The purpose of the meeting was to take testimony and to discuss the problems with Medicare’s...
The MSPRC’s new RAR letters offers little change, but definitely was altered due to the Haro case in AZ.