Medicare Compliance

In personal injury litigation of all types, damages frequently include past and future medical expenses.  When a claimant is a Medicare beneficiary, the federal government expects any medical-related funds received by the beneficiary to be exhausted on Medicare-covered medical expenses and not, for example, on a trip to the Bahamas. While in theory a simple concept, in practice the federal rules and regulations create a complex set of issues and procedures which all parties to a lawsuit must navigate in order to avoid penalties, interest, and double damages.