Agenda / Content Covered

1. Understanding the Medicare Secondary Payer Act
2. Recent Changes in Conditional Payment Recovery and Medicare Set Asides
3. Reducing and Resolving Medicare Liens
4. How to Navigate the Medicare Secondary Payer Recovery Portal
5. Medicare Set Asides - Current Best Practices
6. Mistakes to Avoid With Medicare Liens and Set Asides
7. Medicaid Recovery Statutes and Significant Cases
8. Negotiating and Resolving Medicaid Liens
9. Tips for Working With State Medicaid Agencies
10. Issues You'll Likely Encounter and How to Troubleshoot Them

Accreditation Details:

CHRISTINE HUMMEL is the president and founder of Hummel Consultation Services, a national legal consultation practice specializing in the application of the Medicare Secondary Payer Act to workers' compensation, liability, and no fault cases. She is an active attorney with licensure in the state of Colorado. With more than 19 years of experience in Medicare compliance, Ms. Hummel is a published author and popular speaker on a wide array of topics related to Medicare compliance. She is a member of the American Bar Association (Health Law Section) and the Colorado Bar Association, and includes with her legal experience work in Medicaid, probate, and elder law. Ms. Hummel donates a significant amount of time volunteering with the Federal Park Service, giving presentations on the roles of women during the American War of Independence. She earned her B.S. degree from the University of Southern California and her J.D. degree from the University of Denver College of Law.