Articles Posted in Medicaid Liens

I had the pleasure of speaking this morning at the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyer’s Workers’ Compensation Roundtable Seminar. I was pinch hitting for a number of State and federal Employees who were supposed to talk about: Medicaid, Medicare, State Employee Health Plan, and TriCare. Instead, they got me. I am posting a link…

Well, it finally happened- I’m officially a published author now (and editor!) The NC Lien Manual is now on the shelves, the one I edited and wrote chapters for and that was published by the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers and Lexis. Before you think that I’m pitching my own product, you should know…

I recently received a great question from an attorney regarding the interplay of Medicaid, State Employee Helath Plan, and Medical Provider Liens. With the recent developments in Medicaid subrogation law (The SCOTUS decision in Ahlborn and North Carolina Supreme Court ruling in Ezell) and the “new” amended statute for the State employee Health Lien, lawyers…

I’ve been looking for a copy of the Amicus brief filed by the Center for Constitutional Litigation and ATLA in the Ahlborn case. Finally, one of my friends sent me a copy. Click here to view the Ahlborn Amicus Brief. To see all of the other information about the Ahlborn case, follow this link to…

This post is a collection of important links for anyone dealing with an Ahlborn issue in relation to a Medicaid lien on a personal injury settlement. Ahlborn allows an attorney to argue that Medicaid should not receive full reimbursement of a lien for payment of medical bills if the lien exceeds the portion of the…

My friend Holly sent me this bit of news. New law becomes effective today; Medicaid recipients required to provide proof of citizenship (See below my comments for the story) I have mixed feelings, but in the end, I don’t think this is the right move for our government. On the one hand we don’t want…

Lawyer Seeks Federal Ruling on NC Medicaid Law My friend Carlos Mahoney of Glenn, Mills and Fisher of Durham has filed a Federal DJ action seeking a ruling on whether NC Medicaid (Department of Health and Human Services) is actually following the law (since Ahlborn) in the way it attempts to collect from personal injury…

Fine Discussion! Thanks to Health Plan Law.com for the positive mention of my recent post setting out practical guidelines for using the recent Supreme Court Ruling in Ahlborn to reduce Medicaid liens in personal injury settlements. Here is what they had to say: Nonetheless, U.S. Supreme Court has held that these provisions do not support…

Ahlborn an exciting development for Plaintiffs (maybe) The recent United States Supreme Court decision of Arkansas Department of Human Services v. Ahlborn 547 U.S. ___, 126 S.Ct. 1752 (April 2006) has created an excellent opportunity for plaintiff’s lawyers to ensure clients receive a fair share of their settlements in personal injury matters.Those of us that…

Under the North Carolina wrongful death statute, NCGS 28A-18, medical providers that have helped treat a person who then dies can only recover a maximum of $4,500 from a wrongful death settlement. Unfortunately, that cap does not apply to Medicaid’s lien if they have paid over $4,500 in medical bills. That’s an amazingly low number…