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• Subrogation: The Solution to the Economic Crisis?

  
  Passion for Subro — Authority: 136
  Boris Senic is the Senior Claims Auditor and Never Events Specialist at the Phia Group. In his 7th year of employment, he has decided to share his views on the industry’s hardships and tries to offer some words of advice on how to approach these tough economic times.The unemployment rate in our country is the [...]
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• Court Takes Strict Approach In Reading Subrogation Provision

  
  Passion for Subro — Authority: 136
  Plan’s subrogation and reimbursement language may actually thwart their ability to recover from tort settlement proceeds benefits they paid. It is important for plan language to ensure that its recovery claim is limited to settlement proceeds. In one such case, a health plan did not identify a particular fund from ...
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• The Longaberger Co. v. Kolt

  
  Passion for Subro — Authority: 136
  Please see the following 6th Circuit Decision brought to our attention by Daran P. Keifer, Esq. of Kreiner & Peters Co. L.P.A.  The decision highlights that funds do not need to be maintained in order for a plan to seek reimbursement and that the Plaintiff attorney is personally liable for the percentage of ...
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• Medicare Secondaty Payer Act

  
  South Carolina Nursing Home Blog — Authority: 426
  Mother Jones had an article explaining the practical problems with the Medicare Secondary Payer Act which allows the government to take money from settlements of victims of neglect and abuse. In 1995, Sumaya Coury was driving her 81-year-old mother, Mollie Coury, back to Los Angeles after a trip to San Diego to ...
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• Medicare Secondary Payer Act

  
  South Carolina Nursing Home Blog — Authority: 426
  Mother Jones had an article explaining the practical problems with the Medicare Secondary Payer Act which allows the government to take money from settlements of victims of neglect and abuse. In 1995, Sumaya Coury was driving her 81-year-old mother, Mollie Coury, back to Los Angeles after a trip to San Diego to ...
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• Anti Subrogation Proposals and Statutes

  
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  The struggle over subrogation rights have been affecting more and more insurance entities as several states have been reviewing and passing bills to limit or ban subrogation completely. See below to acquire the specifics on each state’s latest subrogation reports:
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• Hawaii

  
  Passion for Subro — Authority: 136
  In 2009, several medical malpractice tort reform bills were introduced to eliminate subrogation rights for all types of lines, including workers’ compensation, health and disability.
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• New York

  
  Passion for Subro — Authority: 136
  An anti-subrogation bill attempting to bar subrogation claims related to personal injury is still pending and expected to be seen again in New York’s next legislative session.
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• Texas

  
  Passion for Subro — Authority: 136
  Texas House Bill 4095 seeks to limit group health and accident plan subrogation rights. Specifically:(1) subordinate an insurer’s subrogation rights to its insured’s right to recovery;(2) mandate an insurer share in the legal expenses to the same extent the insurer shared in the insured’s recovery;(3) deny an ...
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• Oregon

  
  Passion for Subro — Authority: 136
  Oregon examined a bill that reduced PIP recoveries by limiting them to only when the amount recovered exceeds “damages” as opposed to “economic damages”.
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• Nevada

  
  Passion for Subro — Authority: 136
  Nevada introduced Senate Bill 388 seeking to prohibit subrogation rights for health plans until the injured party is fully compensated or “made-whole”.
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• New York State Legislature Passes New Anti-Subrogation Law

  
  Coverage Counsel — Authority: 468
  On November 10, 2009, both the New York State Senate and Assembly passed Senate Bill S66002 , as substituted for Assembly Bill A40002 .  The bill was delivered to Governor Paterson and is expected to be signed. Comprising six separate parts, A through F, the bill is self-described as: AN ACT to amend the ...
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• NY Anti Subro Bill

  
  Passion for Subro — Authority: 136
  New York took the drastic step yesterday of passing a law that eliminates subrogation and reimbursement rights for numerous lines of business. Last night the New York Assembly and Senate passed the anti-subrogation bill. Although the bill was passed by both chambers, they are technically awaiting on the governor’s ...
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• Thoughts About Subrogation

  
  Day On Torts — Authority: 127
  A defense lawyer and I were having a drink the other day and he told me that from time to time he has difficulty getting cases settled at mediation because plaintiffs lawyers dont have information about subrogation interests.  Here are some tips to avoid such problems: At the initial client meeting, as you help you ...
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• Stuff Happens -- Subrogation Claim for Damages from Toilet Overflow Dismissed

  
  Coverage Counsel — Authority: 468
  SUBROGATION – RES IPSA LOQUITUR – LIABILITY FOR NEGLIGENCE OF INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR American Guar. & Liab. Ins. Co. v. Federicos Salon, Inc. (1st Dept., decided 10/15/2009) As the bumper sticker says, stuff happens.  Plaintiff insurer brought this subrogation action for property damage resulting ...
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• Latest News on the Anti-Subrogation Amendment

  
  Passion for Subro — Authority: 136
  The Barrow anti-subrogation amendment was definitely not included in the final bill. Barrow is inclined to move forward with a stand alone bill unless they can be convinced otherwise.
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• Letter Received From Congressman John Oliver

  
  Passion for Subro — Authority: 136
  Dear Adam:Thank you for contacting me regarding the movement towards true health insurance reform. I appreciate hearing from you.Our current system is failing our citizens. Our states are struggling under the weight of increasing unemployment and healthcare costs. States, which currently spend over 20 percent of their ...
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