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Florida's Medicaid Lien Reduction Formula

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Florida’s Medicaid lien recovery provisions contain a statutory reduction found at Section 409.910(11)(f).  The statutory formula provides “[a]fter attorney's fees and taxable costs as defined by the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, one-half of the remaining recovery shall be paid to the agency up to the total amount of medical assistance provided by Medicaid.”

The formula is expressed as follows:

Settlement Amount             $$$

minus

25% of Attorney Fees          $$$

minus

Taxable Costs                     $$$

 

Total (1/2)           =            Reduction