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Your health treatment has been denied because your health insurer says it is not “necessary”? It’s not unusual for health insurers to deny coverage for procedures and medications which they deem “not medically necessary.”  Typically, this might start with a procedure which requires you to get advanced approval from the health insurance company.  Your doctor…

Hey wait, when did there get to be multiple insurers providing Medicaid benefits!? And who do I contact to get a Medicaid lien? Great questions! Some answers: Back on Feb. 4, 2019, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services announced the selection of Prepaid Health Plans that will participate in Medicaid managed care…

Friends: In the midst of a health crisis in America, now is a great time to make sure that if crisis strikes, you can talk to your loved one’s medical team. Now is a a GREAT time to do a living will (declaration for a natural death) and a health care power of attorney. Parents…

I had the great pleasure of teaching a class to over 110 criminal defense lawyers on February 28, 2020. They were all gathered to learn how to defend their clients who have been charged with DWI or DUI. I was there to tell them how it works when I sue their clients for injuring my…

I write this as Hurricane Florence spins off the coast of North Carolina. Right now it looks to be a category 4 or 5 storm. As a North Carolina Bad Faith Insurance lawyer, I deal with cases where homeowners insurance or commercial insurance wrongfully adjusts or wrongfully handles storm claims. These claims typically include refusing…

If you find yourself in a situation with a personal injury case in North Carolina where Medicaid is claiming a substantial portion of an already limited insurance settlement, and you need to reduce the Medicaid lien, there is a statutory process to request a reduction hearing. The problem is that it is hard to find…

Friends: This post is an update on an earlier post concerning changes to the law of Medicaid subrogation in North Carolina. The earlier post can be seen here: Medicaid: “Ahlborn hearings” are back thanks to the 2018 federal budget which makes Medicaid provide lien reduction hearings again. But watch the deadlines! Here is the short…

People! Do not let the statute of limitations slip past on your personal injury cases in North Carolina.  I’ve had three calls this week from people who did not have lawyers and who waited until the last second, or past the last second, to call for advice. None of these calls ended on a happy…

I’ll put the most important thing first, then explain it. This is just my opinion, and applies only to North Carolina law, but since deadlines may be running, I wanted to get it out there. If you settled a case (by minor settlement, signed release, or Industrial Commission approval) in which Medicaid claimed a lien,…

The NC AOC (Administrative Office of the Courts) website is often hard to navigate and because it is open to the general public, can be sparse on the email links. This can make scheduling trials and motions difficult. Here is a link to the names, adresses and emails of the TCAs and TCCs in North…