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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 new law firm website is almost ready to go “online” now. I need to upload some articles and make a few typo corrections, but it is ready to be viewed and critiqued. New Nichols Law Firm Website(beta) Check it out and feel free to comment here, or send me an email privately. Thanks, Chris…

Have you rasterized today? I have been given a tip on how to make HUGE enlargements for exhibits from a recent law school graduate, and I want to pass it on to everyone. The process is called “rasterizing” and it pretty much is breaking a picture into parts, and printing each part on a sheet…

My friend, attorney Julie Bell at Lewis & Daggett, in Winston-Salem, tipped me off that Medicare is going to change their lien processing system, again. For a long time, we would deal with a local office. Then we transitioned to a national office in New York and they would get us in touch with a…

As lawyers, we have to always worry about “conflict checks” so that we are not allowing an adverse party to disclose their “secrets” when we may represent the “other side.” The Pre-Emptive Conflict Strike This is a most common problem for family law lawyers, especially in smaller towns. What usually happens is that a couple…

Medicare is the Federal health benefit available to seniors and those determined to be disabled by Social Security Disability. Every pay check you get has taxes taken out to pay Medicare. If you have a personal injury case and receive a settlement, Medicare has a right to be paid back for any medical costs they…

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…

New DWI Laws Allow Speed Testimony under Rule 702(i) As of December 1, 2006, the new Rule 702(i) will allow accident reconstructionists who have been qualified as experts to give an opinion as to the speed of a vehicle, even if they did not observe the moving vehicle(s). Please note that this should apply to…

This post is being placed under this heading in order to allow people to find this Blog easier with Google searching. The website is http://www.NCTrialLawBlog.com The topics of this Blog include: Medicare, medicaid, trial law, liens, subrogation, personal injury, ERISA, lawyers, and law The North Carolina Trial Law Blog is published by Nichols Law Firm…

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…