By Guest Author, Anthony F. Prieto, Jr., CFP According to Yahoo Finance, in 1998 59% of Fortune 500 companies offered traditionally defined benefit pension plans to new hires. However, by 2017 Yahoo reported that only 16% of those same companies offered a traditional defined benefit…
By Jason D. Lazarus, J.D., LL.M., MSCC, CSSC Representing someone who is Medicare eligible automatically triggers concerns over the implications of compliance with the Medicare Secondary Payer Act (hereinafter MSP). A client who is a current Medicare beneficiary or reasonably expected to become one within…
By Jason D. Lazarus, J.D., LL.M., MSCC, CSSC Failure to Pay Equals Personal Liability The government takes its reimbursement rights seriously and is willing to pursue trial lawyers who ignore Medicare’s interest. On March 18th, 2019, the United States Attorney for the District of Maryland…
By Jason D. Lazarus, J.D., LL.M., MSCC, CSSC While a lot of attention is paid to Medicare conditional payments/liens when it comes to personal injury settlements, a larger issue looms regarding payments made by Medicare after resolution. Today, there is a very real threat of…
By Jason D. Lazarus, Esq. This blog post will discuss dual eligibility for injured workers. It will address exactly what it is and how Medicaid coordinates with Medicare for those that are dual eligible. Finally, it will talk about the techniques to preserve Medicaid and…
By Guest Author, Evelynn Passino, J.D. – Executive Director of Pooled Trust Services If your client does not have needs-based public benefits, you might be thinking a trust isn’t necessary or even desirable. You might be thinking a structured settlement provides enough protection because it…
By Guest Author, Evelynn Passino, J.D. – Executive Director of Pooled Trust Services Florida recently joined a handful of other states in making a change to its ABLE statute that gives clients a little more control over their money when they die. If you are…
By Jason D. Lazarus, Esq. Introduction Assume you just settled a personal injury case for John Doe who is married to Jane. John has a significant brain injury and there are questions of competency. John was injured on the job but had a product liability…
By Jason D. Lazarus Introduction Catastrophically injured individuals have unique needs when it comes time to settle their cases. A one-size-fits-all approach does not work given the complexities that are faced today upon resolution of a personal injury lawsuit. Consideration of how healthcare will be…
If you are confused by the myriad of government benefit programs that many clients receive as a result of being a personal injury victim, don’t worry as you are not alone. Most times personal injury victims are not sure either about the benefits they receive…