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Medicare Low Settlement Threshold Remains AT $750.00 for 202...
CMS Announces 2026 Low Dollar Threshold for Liability Recoveries
Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP, SPA, CMS), Settlement Agreements, Benefits Coordination & Recovery Center (BCRC)December 18, 2025
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The Medicare Training Series Every Plaintiff Attorney Needs
Medicare Liens: What Every Plaintiff Attorney Must Know
Medicare Advantage (MAP), Medicare Advantage Organization (MAO), Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP, SPA, CMS), Benefits Coordination & Recovery Center (BCRC), Final Demand, Medicare Conditional Payments, Appeals, Veterans Affairs (VA), SSDIDecember 5, 2025
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Hospital Liens in California: What Every Plaintiff Attorney ...
Hospital Liens in California: What Every Plaintiff Attorney Needs to Know
Hospital Lien Act (HLA 3045), Settlement Agreements, Damages, Perfection, Notice, California Hospital Liens, Reasonable Value, Reduction, ChargemasterNovember 14, 2025
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Unpacking the Power of ERISA: What Every Plaintiff Attorney ...
If you have received a letter from a recovery vendor demanding reimbursement under a federally governed ERISA plan, you already know the posture. They...
ERISA, Self-Funded, Plan Administrator (PA), Settlement Agreements, Summary Plan Description (SPD), Master Plan Document (MPD), Subrogation, Made Whole Doctrine, Common Fund Doctrine, ReimbursementOctober 30, 2025
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Hidden Damages in Your Personal Injury Case
Most plaintiff attorneys understand that Howell v. Hamilton Meats & Provisions, Inc. (2011) 52 Cal.4th 541 limits recovery to the reasonable value of ...
Damages, Settlement Agreements, EOB, Explanation of Benefits (EOB), Medical Coding, Medical Special Damages, Kaiser, PlanOctober 16, 2025
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Leveraging CCP § 664.6 for Lien Reduction on Your Personal I...
Leveraging CCP § 664.6 for Lien Reduction on Your Personal Injury Claim
Settlement Agreements, Settlement Planning, Liens, Allocation, Plan Administrator, ERISA, Self-FundedOctober 2, 2025
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Medi-Cal Asset Limits – They’re Back!
Medi-Cal Asset Limits – They’re Back!
Medi-Cal (DHS, DHCS), Special Needs Trust (SNT)September 18, 2025
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Understanding Health Plan “Liens” and Reimbursement Provisio...
Perhaps the most common misunderstanding regarding Health Plan “Liens” and Reimbursement obligations in gestational surrogacy matters is when a “lien”...
Surrogacy, Gestational Surrogacy Contract (GSA), Reimbursement, Liens, Intended Parents, Surrogate, IndemnityJune 22, 2025
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The HIPAA Hammer
HIPAA is by now ingrained into most personal injury practices.
Privacy Rights, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)June 4, 2022
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MICRA Gets a New Cap
With my practice focused on lien reduction and resolution, here are some initial thoughts on how the recent MICRA reforms will impact lien-related iss...
Medical Injury Compensation Act (MICRA), Damages, Medical Special Damages, Equitable Apportionment, Medi-Cal (DHS, DHCS)May 4, 2022
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Governor Newsom Vetoes AB 2066: What It Means for Surrogacy ...
Governor Newsom Vetoes AB 2066: What It Means for Surrogacy in 2027
October 8, 2026
Know Your Lane: Special Needs Trusts and Public Benefits Pla...
Know Your Lane: Special Needs Trusts and Public Benefits Planning
October 8, 2026
2027 Medicare Open Enrollment: How a Client’s Plan Change Ca...
Medicare’s annual fall open enrollment runs October 15 through December 7, 2026.
October 1, 2026
2027 Health Coverage for California Based Gestational Surrog...
Open enrollment for 2027 individual health coverage begins November 1, 2026.
October 1, 2026
Handling Liens at Client Intake
Why the Best Time to Solve a Lien Problem Is Before It Becomes One
September 24, 2026