House Bill 315 Works to Speed Up Payments to Injured Parties
- Written by: PLDR
For personal injury victims who receive Medicaid benefits, the Commonwealth of Virginia retains a lien on the personal injury recovery, regardless of whether funds are received via settlement or verdict. The Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) handles resolution of those liens. Unfortunately, since the DMAS offices closed during COVID, resolution of those liens have been delayed by as much as two years, delaying funds paid to injured parties. A significant backlog of lien payoff requests are pending within DMAS. Now Virginia trial attorneys, including members of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (VTLA) are pushing for legislation to speed up lien resolutions, cutting down time to a few months. Check out the video of the bill in committee, which passed committee 8-0.
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