Will Medicare and Medicaid Affect My Personal Injury Settlement?

Will Medicare and Medicaid Affect My Personal Injury Settlement? Here’s a question we get all the time at Patton and Patton, “Will Medicare and Medicaid affect my personal injury settlement?” The short answer is yes. Medicaid and Medicare are allowed to make a recovery against your personal injury settlement for reimbursement of medical bills they […]

Erisa Plans: Could They Affect My Car Accident Settlement?

Yes. An ERISA plan is a health insurance plan which can claim part of your injury settlement. An ERISA plan will claim reimbursement after a car accident settlement for the medical bills it paid. This Area of the Law Is Complicated. The term ERISA comes from the first letter of the actual name of the […]

Will Medicare get part of my injury settlement?

Will Medicare get part of my injury settlement? Will Medicare get part of my injury settlement? Yes, if part of your medical bills has been paid by Medicare. The law provides they are entitled to be reimbursed.  Often Medicare will deny the payment of medical bills that arise out of an injury accident or an […]

Does Medicare get part of my personal injury settlement?

Medicare personal Injury Settlement.  Does Medicare get part of my personal injury settlement? Years ago an individual would be injured get an insurance settlement, and have Medicare pay all the medical bills. No more. Now Medicare has set up a system to be repaid if Medicare paid some or all of your injury related medical […]