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Lien Resolution Success Story – Synergy’s aggressive lien resolution tactics result in an Air Ambulance lien waived and self-funded ERISA lien reduced by 86%

Lien Resolution Success Story – Synergy’s aggressive lien resolution tactics result in an Air Ambulance lien waived and self-funded ERISA lien reduced by 86%

October 28, 2014

This case involved a serious slip and fall accident that happened on a cruise ship while it was at sea. The plaintiff suffered significant injures, incurring medical damages in excess of $540,000. The injured plaintiff engaged a seasoned trial attorney, but due to liability issues the plaintiff only received a fraction of the case value.  Following […]

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Maryland Suspends Attorney for Failure to Repay Healthcare Reimbursement Claim

Maryland Suspends Attorney for Failure to Repay Healthcare Reimbursement Claim

October 28, 2014

Maryland Suspends Attorney for Failure to Repay Healthcare Reimbursement Claim Failing to deal with the subrogation/reimbursement claims of health insurance carriers has proven to be a possible career ending mistake for one Maryland personal injury attorney.  In the September 2013 Maryland Court of Appeals’ review of the disciplinary ruling of Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland […]

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ERISA Subrogation Claim Barred by One Year Statute of Limitations

ERISA Subrogation Claim Barred by One Year Statute of Limitations

October 14, 2014

The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) is a federal law that sets minimum standards for most voluntarily established pension and health plans in private industry to provide protection for individuals in these plans. The United States District Court for the District of Arizona issued an order in Blood Systems, Inc. v. Roesler, […]

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CMS Withdraws MSP Future Medicals Rule: No Regulations – is it Good News?

CMS Withdraws MSP Future Medicals Rule: No Regulations – is it Good News?

October 13, 2014

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has officially withdrawn their Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for protecting Medicare’s future interests with respect to future medicals. The NPRM was originally submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) back in August 2013. With the NPRM, it was anticipated CMS was going to establish […]

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How Internal Rate of Return Impacts Your Client’s Settlement

How Internal Rate of Return Impacts Your Client’s Settlement

September 18, 2014

Synergy creates holistic settlement plans that meet our client’s needs while presenting the least possible amount of risk. We work tireless for our clients, helping attorneys and their seriously injured clients to plan for their post settlement future by attending mediations and helping navigate through the complexities that arise at settlement. The majority of financial […]

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The Benefits of Attorney Fee Deferral Programs

The Benefits of Attorney Fee Deferral Programs

August 19, 2014

Attorney Fee Deferral Programs  By Daniel J. Alvarez, J.D. and Anthony F. Prieto, Jr., CFP® Due to the contingent nature of compensation as a plaintiff lawyer, unique retirement planning options exist especially for you. Below we compare and contrast traditional small business retirement plans with some of the unique tax deferred planning options available when […]

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Court’s Authority Over a Minor’s Settlement is Not Preempted by ERISA

Court’s Authority Over a Minor’s Settlement is Not Preempted by ERISA

June 18, 2014

By: Synergy’s Director of Lien Resolution The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) is a federal law that sets minimum standards for most voluntarily established pension and health plans in private industry to provide protection for individuals in these plans. As every plaintiff’s attorney knows, the rights of self-funded ERISA qualified plans are […]

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McCutchen Round 2 – Why 29 U.S.C. 1024(b)(4) Matters

McCutchen Round 2 – Why 29 U.S.C. 1024(b)(4) Matters

March 25, 2014

On March 17, 2014 the trial court in the infamous U.S. Airways v McCutchen entered an order allowing Mr. McCutchen to amend his answer to include affirmative defenses and a counter-claim.  The court allowed this unusually late amendment to pleadings as result of U.S. Airways’s failure to produce the Master Plan Document (MPD) until just […]

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