Medicare Secondary Payer Act – When, Who, and What? – Part I

If you’re a personal injury attorney in Florida, and your client demographics match those of the state’s population, then more than 20% of your clients qualify for Medicare. That’s a lot of conditional payments to sort through! Good thing the Medicare Secondary Payment Act (MSPA)  is so easy to understand. We kid. Despite that it…

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The Importance of Expert Selection in Medical Malpractice Cases

Selecting an expert in any negligence case is an important decision, but even more so in a medical malpractice case. For starters, in a medical malpractice case, an expert must be retained before the case is even filed. And, if you select the wrong expert because you’re pressed for time or lacking resources (or any…

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Scratching the Surface of Lien Resolution

Every job has them – those pain-in-the-neck, not-exactly-in-the-job-description, but oh-so-necessary tasks. For personal injury attorneys, these include resolving liens. There’s really no escaping them; in 2019, approximately 92% of the U.S. population had health insurance in some form or another. Because most private insurers and public programs have the right to recoup monies they paid…

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