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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…

Deputies Kill Unarmed Student In a departure for NC Trial Law Blog, I am posting on a recent criminal case from Wilmington, NC. The story has been heavily covered in the news, but because it concerns a family friend, I am covering the situation. On Friday night, December 1, 2006, Wilmington, NC law enforcement agents…

Here is an update on the NC Teachers and State Employees Health lien: I met with the folks at the SEHP along with the top brass from the NC Academy of Trial Lawyers two weeks ago. Our meeting was designed to discuss some of the wrinkles in interpretation of the “new” lien. LIEN FORMULA The…

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…

For any of you that have a Treo Smart phone (I have a Treo 650), Google now has a really great program you can download for Goggle maps. I have always accessed the Google Maps or MapQuest by going to the internet function on the phone, but that was slow and you could not really…

Well, the results of the election are in and the numbers look good. NC selected moderate, experienced Judges for the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. The Raleigh News & Observer reports (as of this posting): Supreme Court (Chief Justice) Sarah Parker 1126541 Rusty Duke 564619 2761 of 2767 precincts reporting Court of Appeals (Stephens)…

SPECIAL: ELECTION ENDORSEMENTS I like to keep www.NCTrialLAwBlog.com as politics free as possible, but with the upcoming elections in North Carolina, I get emails and requests from my friends asking “who should I vote for?” Of course, that is always an individual choice, but let’s face it, unless you are a lawyer in NC, you…

Who do you have to pay back from a settlement? North Carolina is one of a few states which does not allow health plans to seek reimbursement from personal injury settlements. Our “anti-subrogation rules,” which are insurance rules from the NC Department of Insurance, have many exceptions, however. Medicaid, Medicare, the State Employee Health Plan,…

Tort Reform is a Great Idea, Until YOU Get Hurt You don’t have to look very far on the Web to find websites devoted to eliminating your right to recover fair and just compensation for the carelessness of another individual. Websites like Overlawyered try to convince everyone that almost every law suit filed is frivolous,…

HIPAA, not just an ungainly African animal The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted by the U.S. Congress  in 1996. Title I of HIPAA protects health insurance coverage for workers and their families when they change or lose their jobs. Title II of HIPAA, the Administrative Simplification (AS) provisions, requires the establishment…