Top 10 Medicare Lien Myths

Resolving the Medicare lien is the claimant’s problem. Resolving Medicare’s right to reimbursement of payments for medical treatment related to an injury upon which a negligence, workers’ comp, malpractice, no fault or other civil law claim has been made is the obligation of every party to the injury claim. The Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) statute -42 USC 1395y(b)(2)-, regulations under that statute -42 CFR 411.21 et seq.- and the Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 -42...
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Man dies after drowning at work

It has been revealed that a man died in a serious work accident after drowning. The construction worker was killed after falling into an underground water tank, in a job that should have taken three people, but was carried out by just him. The inquest jury ruled the employer to be professionally negligent for the cause of the accident, which saw the 47-year-old drown to death, and ruled that there were ‘defects in the system of working which contributed to the accident’. The nine-woman jury also...
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What is a ‘No Win-No Fee’ Agreement

There is a lot of talk about ‘no win-no fee’ agreements (also known as conditional fee agreements) and, if you read the newspapers and listen to the radio, they appear to be some form of devious device that allows solicitors to print money.   Sadly, this is not the case and what they are is a fair and reasonable way of acting for an injured party in a personal injury or similar type of claim. Claims can be funded by:        Private funding  – i.e. you pay your solicitor upfront...
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Gains Of Obtaining A Motorcycle Accident Lawyer Nowadays

Owning a motorcycle certainly gives an owner a chance to deal with traffic jams and other road access issues much easier than those who own huge cars. However, being an owner of such medium of transport also subjects one to a high risk of being taken advantage of during certain road accidents. Aside from that mortality is also a matter of concern for most motorcycle owners who usually get in trouble with road incidents. It has been reported that at least 43% of motorcycle owners usually get caught...
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Dealing with personal injury matters

This article delves upon certain important issues pertaining to personal injury. Personal injury can either be a physical injury, disease or illness or a psychological injury or illness and could also possibly result in death. Examples of personal injuries are: injury at work, psychological illness caused by stress at work, injury caused in a traffic accident, injury received as a result of faulty goods or services, injury caused if you trip over paving stones, psychological illness suffered as a...
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