Read about the PAID Act, now law, in an article co-authored by Synergy’s CEO, Jason Lazarus. The PAID Act helps resolve the hidden lien problem with Medicare Advantage Plans (MAOs – Part C).
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While Fighting for the Families You Represent, Don’t Forget to Protect Your Fees from the Tax Man
March 11, 2021
Anthony F. Prieto, Jr., CFP®
Trial lawyers have been deferring fees into structured settlement products dating back to the early 1990s. The IRS challenged fee structure arrangements in Childs v. Commissioner.[1] In this seminal 1994 tax…
Medicare Secondary Payer Compliance Challenges in WC Cases
March 11, 2021
Rasa Fumagalli JD, MSCC, CMSP-F
Medicare Secondary Payer compliance issues in workers’ compensation cases are generally straightforward when the parties seek review of the Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside (WCMSA) proposal and proposed settlement by the Centers for…
Electronic Payment Feature of Medicare Secondary Payer Recovery Portal (MSPRP)
February 23, 2021
Rasa Fumagalli, JD, MSCC, CMSP-F
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) agency has made significant improvements over the years in their online self-service tools for Medicare beneficiaries, their representatives, insurers, and recovery agents. Beneficiaries may…
Preparing for the ERISA Lien Battle
February 11, 2021
Teresa Kenyon, Esq.
The dreaded ERISA lien. The vendors representing ERISA self-funded health plans’ interests certainly want you to believe that it must be reimbursed in full. They will cite the US Airways v McCutchen case, tell…
Binding CMS to its WCMSA Determination
February 11, 2021
Rasa Fumagalli, JD, MSCC, CMSP-F
Securing CMS review of a Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside (WCMSA) proposal can, at times, be cumbersome. Once the CMS WCMSA determination letter is received, parties may often just close their files after…
Medicare Set-Asides for General Liability Settlements: How to Protect Your Clients and Your Practice
February 3, 2021
Rasa Fumagalli, JD, MSCC, CMSP-F and Jennifer L. Yu, Esq.
In stark contrast to the world of worker’s compensation, most attorneys agree that there is a dangerous amount of gray area surrounding the subject of Medicare Set-Asides…
With Synergy’s Help, New York Times Exposes How Rich Hospitals Profit From Patients in Car Crashes
February 2, 2021
Synergy handles Hospital Lien disputes nationally on behalf of Trial Lawyers and their injured clients. Synergy’s Michael Walrath, Esq., as the nation’s leading authority on the nuances of state-specific hospital lien law and the facts underlying the…
Unraveling the Conundrum of Medicare Reimbursement
January 14, 2021
Rasa Fumagalli, JD, MSCC, CMSP-F
Personal injury settlements involving Medicare beneficiaries will often have conditional payment claims by Medicare and/or Part C plan liens. Since accurate and complete information regarding Medicare’s payments may be unavailable during settlement…
Book Bites Confused by Medicare Here’s a Helpful Overview
January 12, 2021
The Medicare program—and the related Social Security Disability Income/Retirement benefit (SSDI)—is one of the primary benefit programs available to those who are injured and disabled. Understanding the basics of this program is imperative to protecting the client’s…