What we do?
Federal and state lien compliance across Medicare, Medicaid, Military, ERISA, & private health plans. We also generate CMS-defensible Medicare Set-Asides for future care.
QuickLiens™ handles the lien side of your settlements—from Medicare and Medicaid to ERISA, TRICARE, CHAMPVA, and private health insurance. Below is how we support your firm across each major payer.
- MEDICARE PART A/B LIEN RESEARCH
- MEDICARE PART C/D LIEN RESEARCH
- STATE MEDICAID LIEN RESEARCH
- ERISA LIEN RESEARCH
- MILITARY-BASED LIEN RESEARCH
- LIEN DISPUTES, APPEALS, & COMPROMISES
- ADVANTAGES
- Instant human resources increase.
- Dedicated lien agents from 8am-5pm CST.
- Compliance with federal and state regulations.
- Statutory discounts for attorney’s fees & costs.
Medicare (Parts A, B, C, D)
Medicare is the federal giant—the “silver-haired dragon” guarding its treasure chest of medical payments. If Medicare pays for accident-related care, it demands reimbursement from personal injury settlements.
Medicare Secondary Payer Act (MSP), 42 U.S.C. §1395y(b)
Code of Federal Regulations, 42 C.F.R. §411
These laws require attorneys to identify Medicare eligibility, report settlements to CMS, and ensure repayment of conditional payments and Part C/D liens.
The MSP process is notoriously slow, bureaucratic, and full of “paper-maze traps.” QuickLiens’ 16+ years of experience collapses months of waiting into a managed, predictable workflow—obtaining preliminary and final demand far faster, preventing holdbacks and protecting attorneys from penalties.
QuickLiens handles all Medicare-implicated cases—motor vehicle accidents, medical malpractice, defective drugs/implants, mass tort global resolutions, and class actions (including global Medicare & Medicaid repayments).
Medicaid (State Programs)
Medicaid is the “fifty-headed hydra”—every state has its own rules, quirks, deadlines, forms, and recovery formulas. One case may involve Medicaid from multiple states, complicating settlement.
Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §1396a(a)(25) (third-party liability)
Ahlborn and Wos Supreme Court decisions (limits on recovery)
State-specific Medicaid recovery statutes
Dealing with 50+ bureaucracies can grind a settlement to a halt. QuickLiens knows each state’s maze—who to contact, what to submit, and how to obtain timely prelims and finals. This prevents delays and ensures compliance during mass tort and class-action global Medicaid repayment processes.
TRICARE (Department of Defense Health Program)
TRICARE is the “military sentinel”—a federal payer for active-duty service members, retirees, and dependents.
Federal Medical Care Recovery Act (FMCRA)
10 U.S.C. §1095 (third-party liability)
DoD regulatory requirements
TRICARE lien units are highly formal, rule-bound, and slow. QuickLiens shortcuts the bottlenecks, clarifies DoD documentation demands, and obtains reliable lien resolutions so attorneys avoid “radio silence delays” in settlement disbursement.
CHAMPVA (Civilian Health and Medical Program of the VA)
CHAMPVA is the “quiet sibling” of TRICARE—a federal program covering certain dependents and survivors of disabled veterans.
38 U.S.C. §1781
FMCRA
CHAMPVA can be slower than a glacier without persistent follow-up. QuickLiens’ experience speeds up obtaining itemized demands, ensures accurate reductions, and keeps settlements moving.
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA Health Benefits)
The VA health system is the “iron fortress” of federal medical care for veterans—but it enforces repayment aggressively when a third party caused the injury.
FMCRA
38 U.S.C. §1729 (VA right of recovery)
VA recovery offices are decentralized; every region does things differently. QuickLiens navigates these silos and obtains official confirmations and payoff letters efficiently so lawyers avoid stalled settlements.
ERISA / Private Health Insurance
ERISA plans are the “contractual overlords”—self-funded employer plans with potent reimbursement and subrogation rights, often enforced by aggressive recovery vendors. Fully insured plans and private health insurers also seek repayment.
ERISA, 29 U.S.C. §1001 et seq.
Sereboff, McCutchen, and related Supreme Court cases
State insurance subrogation statutes
ERISA entities can overwhelm legal teams with dense plan language, reimbursement vendors, and refusal to negotiate. QuickLiens understands leverage, plan drafting, and defenses—accelerating determinations and reducing repayment where permitted.
Global medicare & medicaid lien repayments for mass tort & multi-district litigation advantages
1. Simple lien resolution process for asbestos exposure, pharmaceutical negligence, defective medical implants, radiation exposure, or other class action litigation.
2. Lump sum Medicare or Medicaid repayments for entire plaintiff injury classifications.
3. Compliance with federal and state regulations.
4. Statutory discounts for attorney’s fees & costs.
Medicare & medicaid lien disputes, appeals, & compromises
1. Increased client recovery.
2. Demonstrate mediation or demand preparedness.
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