Articles Posted in NC

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…

I found this link with MSPRC’s website and thought it might be helpful to some of you. This link takes you to the PDF lists of all the Medicare diagnosis codes dating back to 2002. http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Coding/ICD9ProviderDiagnosticCodes/codes.html You can download the pdf files and open them in Acrobat and then CTRL F search for the codes…

http://news.yahoo.com/trial-priest-joked-abusing-3-boys-week-205857367.html# Trial: Priest joked about abusing 3 boys in week By MARYCLAIRE DALE | Associated Press – 17 hrs ago PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jurors in a landmark priest-abuse trial heard Monday about a priest-turned-camp prowler and another who allegedly bragged about having sex with three boys in one week. Also Monday, two jurors were replaced by alternates, but a gag…

If you are interested in hearing how the 4th Circuit came to the decision in E.M.A. v Cansler, wherein the Court held that NC’s Medicaid lien statute was not in compliance with the requirements for subrogation as set out in Ark. Dep’t of Human Servs. v. Ahlborn, 547 U.S. 268 (2006) the audio link is posted below.…

Finally! After about 7 years of multiple protracted litigation on three separate cases, the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit has established in the matter of E.M.A. v. CANSLER, that Ark. Dep’t of Human Servs. v. Ahlborn, 547 U.S. 268 (2006) is the law of North Carolina and that the NC Supreme Court…

I was sent this brief “idiot’s guide” to dealing with Medicare and thought it was an excellent summary of the process. I’ve posted it in full, along with the contact information for a company that will help with the lien resolution process. I am not endorsing their product as I have never used their services.…

The North Carolina Legislature is considering passing a law which was written, largely, by multinational pharmaceutical corporations. The Bill would make NC the worst state in the nation in terms of protecting its citizens from wrongdoers. The legislators who have bought into the corporate lobbyist’s money agenda in Senate Bill 33 would gladly sacrifice the…

This post is somewhat of a departure from my “usual” posts about liens and other important (but dry )material and it is also a huge departure from my normal practice of completely ignoring “friend spam.” What’s “friend spam”? Well, you know how you get those “chain emails” from Friends or Friends of Friends about a…

CNN and WRAL are reporting that two people were found dead and a third person is still believed missing in a Garner food plant heavily damaged in a morning explosion. Four people were in critical condition after the explosion at the ConAgra Foods plant in the town of Garner and 20 others were taken to…

I frequently serve as an arbitration panel member for Uninsured (UM) and Underinsured Cases (UIM) in NC. Our standard UIM & UM policy says that if the claimant opts for arbitration instead of jury trial, then they get arbitration. This is a supremely efficient use of time and probably saves the state of North Carolina MILLIONS…