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Is Medicare Entitled To Receive A Portion Of My Settlement From A Nursing Home Case?

Posted by Jonathan Rosenfeld on March 18, 2009
Yes.  In nursing home negligence cases, if Medicare and/or Medicaid paid any medical expenses on your behalf, the agencies are entitled to be reimbursed. Federal laws impose a Medicare and/or Medicaid lien on all injury-related cases involving a recovery from a third-party. Because many nursing home residents are recipients of Medicare and/or Medicaid, it is important to understand that these agencies have an automatic right to get reimbursed from a recovery from a third-party (any party that may have caused the injury).  Lawyers who handle nursing home negligence cases should be able to help determine what benefits Medicare / Medicaid... More
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Jonathan Rosenfeld is a lawyer who represents people injured in nursing homes and long-term care facilities.   Jonathan has represented...

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