CUTTING EDGE INDUSTRY THOUGHT LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS

Synergy’s blog brings you the industry’s foremost thought leadership InSights on matters of healthcare lien resolution and Medicare Secondary Payer Compliance. Visit often to discover helpful InSights on important lien resolution compliance issues.

Hospital Liens Carry Ethical and Legal Obligations

April 22, 2021 Michael D. Walrath, Esq. Direct provider “liens” against settlement proceeds have teeth, whether hospital or physician liens, statutory or contractual. The various positions of state bar associations on these issues, and the limited law delineating them, have historically been ever shifting and evolving but two things are clear. Liens must be released […]

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Unique Planning Tool to Defer Taxation of Contingent Legal Fees

May 13, 2020 An often-overlooked issue for plaintiff attorneys is the management of taxation of their own contingent legal fees. As part of the normal rhythm of their practices, many attorneys experience peaks and valleys with their own personal income. This leads to concerns for trial attorneys about the unpredictability of their own income. However, […]

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