Tag: subrogation
Medicare payments after a Car Accident
If you are on Medicare, then Medicare might pay some medical bills after an injury in a car accident. Unfortunately, Medicare’s involvement with your personal injury case does not end there. Medicare holds a lien on your case. A lien is a legally enforceable right of payment. If you have a personal injury claim, Federal…
Reimbursing health insurance for Personal Injures
If you have a personal injury case, you might have to pay back your health insurance company for the medical bills they covered. This is due to Illinois law, which allows for healthcare subrogation. Healthcare subrogation means that health insurance companies have the legal right to be reimbursed from a personal injury settlement for the…
What is Subrogation In Personal Injury?
Subrogation is a term that you may hear in the context of your personal injury claim. Subrogation is essentially the right of reimbursement for payments that were previously made on your behalf. When exercised, it is usually done either by an injured person’s health insurance company (or Medicaid) or by their own auto insurance company.…