Hire a lien negotiator who gets clients paid faster

Best fit: A team that needs bill auditing and lien verification, auto and premises.

• Pull every lien and balance on the file before you talk settlement
• Check the amounts against the treatment records directly
• Flag charges that have nothing to do with the case
• Confirm whether the plan actually has a right to be paid back

Best fit: Negotiation and settlement paperwork, PI, handled as its own dedicated lane.

• Push back with the hospital, the provider or the collection agency
• Use the legal arguments that apply, so your client isn't paying more than they should
• Put every offer and counteroffer in writing
• Take it to a supervisor if the first person you reach won't budge

Best fit: Best fit for a team leaning on someone for high-volume PI lien resolution.

• Report to Medicare and work through their process to resolve the government's share
• Handle Medicaid and other state claims the way each state requires
• Keep employer health plan claims separate from regular provider bills, since they follow different rules
• Chase down final demand letters and keep a clear paper trail

Best fit: Suited to companies whose medicare and Medicaid claims specialist keeps slipping down the priority list.

• Put together a simple sheet showing every lien, what got reduced and what the client keeps
• Confirm the payoff amount and get a signed release before any money moves
• Close the file so it's ready to archive, no loose ends

Best fit: The senior pick: negotiator, complex and ERISA liens, with enough range to own more than one lane at once.

• Pull every lien and balance on the file before you talk settlement
• Check the amounts against the treatment records directly
• Flag charges that have nothing to do with the case
• Confirm whether the plan actually has a right to be paid back
• Push back with the hospital, the provider or the collection agency
• Use the legal arguments that apply, so your client isn't paying more than they should
• Put every offer and counteroffer in writing
• Take it to a supervisor if the first person you reach won't budge
• Report to Medicare and work through their process to resolve the government's share
• Handle Medicaid and other state claims the way each state requires
• Keep employer health plan claims separate from regular provider bills, since they follow different rules
• Chase down final demand letters and keep a clear paper trail
• Put together a simple sheet showing every lien, what got reduced and what the client keeps
• Confirm the payoff amount and get a signed release before any money moves
• Close the file so it's ready to archive, no loose ends