Health Care & Hospital Law
May 8, 2012
Medicare games: unintended consequences of the Medicare Secondary Payer Act
When Medicare seeks reimbursement, things can get messy. By Shawn Khorrami and Bahar Dejben of Khorrami LLP
What started off as a reasonable idea has now turned into one of the biggest hurdles in the settlement of personal injury claims. Medicare was suffering from huge deficits and instead of increasing taxes to solve the problem, the medical bills that were covered initially by Medicare were now the wrongdoer's responsibility if the injuries were caused by the wrongdoer themselves. Makes sense, right? However, the Medicare S...
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