Please join Nyhan Bambrick Kinzie & Lowry in congratulating Daniel Ugaste on his election to the State of Illinois House of Representatives, 65th District.

Welcome to the Fall 2018 edition of the Medicare Secondary Payer Compliance Corner.

Question:  How much does the Medicare Secondary Payer program really impact the Medicare program?  Does it really make it more likely that Medicare will be around when I am old enough to qualify for this entitlement program?

Nyhan, Bambrick, Kinzie & Lory attended the annual NAMSAP (National Alliance of Medicare Set-Aside Professionals) Conference.

In response to the question whether the Medicare Secondary Payer statute preempted the state’s automobile no fault law, the State of Florida Third District Court of Appeal responded with an emphatic No!

The Medicare Secondary Payer Act provides that Medicare is a Secondary Payer when a primary payer has responsibility for payment.

You may have asked that question lately. In the management of workers’ compensation claims, Utilization Review (UR) provides a process whereby proposed treatment is assessed for medical necessity and reasonableness.

For the third year, Shareholder Amy Bilton has organized a team to assist in building a home for a low-income, woman-led family as part of  Habitat for Humanity Chicago's Women Build Week. 

As we move further away from 9/11, it is apparent that the list of health conditions related to the toxic chemical exposures at the devastation sites is growing.

On September 13, NBKL staff and attorneys participated in Race Judicata, an annual 5K that raises funds for Chicago Volunteer Legal Services.