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Course Details

This CLE course will provide personal injury counsel with the current law and practical tips to effectively navigate Medicare Conditional Payments, Medicare Advantage Plans, Medicaid, VA, FEHBA, and ERISA healthcare liens and insurance subrogation to maximize recovery and ensure compliance.

Faculty

Description

Learn how to effectively insulate your practice from liability against Medicare Advantage Plan providers and their pursuits of double damages against plaintiffs and plaintiffs’ counsel.

Learn when outsourcing lien reporting and resolution duties may best serve your client, protect your firm's interests, and spur growth at the same time.

Listen as our authoritative panel discusses case law updates and practical tips and guidance on navigating liens and subrogation claims.

Outline

  1. Medicare
    • Common Medicare traps and how to avoid them
    • Review of MSP statute
    • Liability of plaintiffs and plaintiffs’ counsel
  2. Medicare advantage plans
    • Review of case law
    • Are plaintiffs’ attorneys being targeted for double damages?
  3. Medicaid liens
    • Review of federal Medicaid statutes
    • Discussion of Ahlborn and Gallardo v. Marstiller
  4. Veteran’s administration and fehba claims
  5. ERISA-based claims
    • Insured and self-funded plans
    • Review of case law
    • Claims against plaintiffs and plaintiffs’ counsel
  6. The probate exception

Benefits

The panel will review these and other key issues:

  • What obligations do plaintiffs in personal injury cases have to reimburse healthcare providers or insurance carriers?
  • What are best practices to efficiently manage healthcare liens?
  • What are best practices for resolving health insurance subrogation claims?