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By B. Josh Pettingill Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a “CMS Manual System” “One-Time Notification” regarding Liability Medicare Set Asides and enforcement of the Medicare Secondary Payer statute (MSP). Starting October 1, 2017, Medicare and their contractors will reject medical claims submitted post-resolution of a liability settlement on the […]
In Allena Burge Smiley v. Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company, et. al, No. 15-10056 (11th Cir. 2015), the Eleventh Circuit reiterated what Synergy regularly advises clients to do regarding the statutory document request pursuant to 29 U.S.C. 1024(b)(4) – send it to the right place! The first step in properly defending against an asserted […]
The Supreme Court issued its ruling in John Joerg, Jr., etc. et. al. v. State Farm Mutual Insurance Company on October 15, 2015. The opinion is exceedingly important as it reinforces application of the collateral sources rule to bar evidence of future Medicare benefits which may be potentially received by the plaintiff.
Synergy Settlement Services’ experts will resolve the most difficult and complex Medicare Secondary Payer compliance challenges facing your firm. Medicare 360° is the complete solution for Medicare conditional payment resolution and Medicare Set Aside (MSA) allocations. Medicare 360° combines the most powerful services from our lien resolution group and our MSP compliance group into one […]
In a well reasoned opinion, the Florida Supreme Court has overtuned the unfair medical malpractice caps. These caps devalued human life as children and seniors who were not breadwinners, could be the victim of malpractice with no real ability for family members to recover damages. We applaud the Florida Supreme Court’s opinion in the McCall […]
Employing experience and expertise, Synergy was able to obtain a
complete waiver and file closure letter from Medicare within 90 days of
beginning work. After waiting a decade from the end of the original
litigation ,the heir is now able to finally put this matter to rest and is able
to enjoy an additional amount of settlement proceeds previously thought lost to Medicare.
MSPRC to institute self service phone line.
The Reviews Are In! Synergy’s Lien Resolution unit opened its doors in June 2009, with the purpose of providing complete lien resolution services to the trial bar.