A federal district court in Virginia rules that Medicare regulations do not pre-empt a state law motion to enforce a settlement. The defendant refused to pay a settlement claiming CMS had not sent...
Ohio addresses the issue of indemnification, by a plaintiff attorney, of a third party’s interests in settlement proceeds
A class action has been certified as it relates to application of Ahlborn to Missouri Medicaid liens.
A Federal Judge in the Southern District of Florida dismissed Humana’s cause of action for reimbursement pursuant to 42 USC 1395y(b)(2) finding only the US Government could bring such an action.
This is a summary of the steps to be taken for Medicare conditional payment resolution and also addresses the question of the applicable SOL for Medicare conditional payments.
The Benoit case is important because it judicially acknowledges an obligation to set aside monies for Medicare future expenses in a non-Workers’ Compensation case.
The Forkey decision reaches the opposite result from Bradley in terms of the priority of competing claims between a death beneficiary and Medicare.
Due to mandatory insurer reporting of settlements with Medicare beneficiaries pursuant to Section 111 of the MMSEA, many insurers are inserting indemnification clauses into settlement agreement and...
This is part 2 of a series on ethical issues at settlement that every personal injury lawyer should be familiar with.
This is part 1 of a series on ethical issues at settlement that every personal injury lawyer should be familiar with.