Bradley v. Sebelius: Medicare Not Entitled
On September 29, 2010, the 11th Circuit Federal Court ruled that Medicare is not entitled to the proceeds of a wrongful death settlement paid to the surviving children of a Medicare recipient. This...
View ArticleHaro v. Sebelius – No Interest During Waiver/Appeals
Last week, the United States District Court for Arizona decided to enjoin Medicare and its agents from charging interest on unpaid MSP claims where the plaintiff has an ongoing Medicare waiver or...
View ArticleHaro v. Sebelius – Medicare Collections
In early May, Judge David C. Bury of the United States District Court of Arizona wrote the opinion for a major Medicare collections case, Haro v. Sebelius. Like much of the MSP Compliance profession,...
View ArticleMSPRC Puts Final Demands on Hold
Sometime in early May the MSPRC decided to put a hold on the issuance of any and all Final Demands. This means you cannot get a Final Demand for your Medicare lien. Now we have to figure out why and...
View ArticleBenson v. Sebelius: Bad News for Plaintiffs?
This post has been delayed due to recent Medicare Alerts. We apologize for said delay; however, we believe the recent Medicare Alerts are a higher concern. We continue to monitor Medicare’s decision...
View ArticleHow Will You React to Haro v. Sebelius?
As we all know, Medicare’s MSPRC agent has caused a ruckus with its freeze on issuance of Final Demands. This means you cannot pay Medicare liens right now. We think Haro v. Sebelius, a U.S. District...
View ArticleMedicare’s New Rights & Responsibilities Letter
The MSPRC took 31 days to update its now infamous Rights & Responsibilities letter. It is now at 34 days since the last Final Demand was issued by the MSPRC and that number will continue to...
View ArticleDoes Medicare’s New Final Demand Comply with Haro?
On Monday, June 27, 2011, the Medicare Demand Freeze of 2011 ended. It took the MSPRC and its parent organization, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) at least 50 days to rewrite the...
View ArticleMedicare’s Self-Calculated Payment Amount: Pros and Cons
Yesterday we wrote about a new way to resolve Medicare Liens in our post: MSPRC to Offer Pre-Settlement Final Demands. In that post we promised to analyze the pros and cons at a later date. We stick...
View ArticleMedicare Conditional Payment Notices
Yesterday I saw more Conditional Payment Notices from Medicare in one day, than I had the entire month of April. Conditional Payment Notices (“CPNs”) are different than Conditional Payment Letters...
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