Medicare and Medicaid Liens in Personal Injury Cases

Mr. Cattie focuses his law practice exclusively on MSP and MSA issues, providing legal opinions regarding reporting and repayment obligations as well as assessing a client’s future medical exposure under the MSP Act. In the MSA area, he has personally reviewed or overseen the review of over 10,000 distinct fact patterns. Federal and state court opinions such as Smith v. Marine Terminals of Arkansas, Tye v. Upper Valley Medical Center, and Doe v. Company X cite his analysis favorably.

Ms. Goldhaber defends claims related to product liability, exposure to toxic substances and transportation-related injuries. She handles matters directly in Illinois and Michigan and manages multi-state litigation as national coordinating and trial counsel. Ms. Goldhaber counsels clients in Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) issues, particularly as the issues arise throughout discovery and in resolution. 

Mr. Place began his career as a medical malpractice and products liability defense attorney at O'Bryan, Brown & Toner in downtown Louisville. During that time, he traversed Kentucky appearing before courts across the Commonwealth. In 1998, Mr. Place joined the ERISA subrogation firm Sharps & Associates (later to be known as Gibson & Sharps) and began his decades-long career practicing in the subrogation/reimbursement space. For nearly 15 years Mr. Place practiced in this law firm, recognized as a national leader in healthcare subrogation, as a "Litigation Specialist." In that role, he represented large private group health insurance plans, self-funded ERISA groups, Medicare Advantage plans, state Medicaid plans, Stop-Loss plans and disability plans in all fifty states.