Health Care & Hospital Law
Sep. 6, 2013
Finding a way out (the labyrinth of Medicare reimbursement)
As most plaintiff and defense attorneys know, a significant part of the difficulty is a result of Medicare's unparalleled statutory powers under which attorneys are held hostage. By Stephen C. Ball and Eric C. Bonholtzer
Attorneys always complain about the horrors of dealing with Medicare reimbursement, and for good reason. Medicare has a right to recover their payments even if it comes at the expense of an injured party's recovery for pain and suffering, or out of the pockets of a defendant who has already paid his or her due. Worse still, Medicare is painfully slow in responding to attorneys' pleas for lien amounts and can be a ...
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