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ORLANDO, Fla. (June 3, 2019) — Synergy Settlement Services announces two important key additions to its executive leadership team. Teresa Kenyon, Esq. joins Synergy as Director of Lien Resolution and will head up lien resolution operations and Brittany Schott, Esq. takes on the role of Assistant General Counsel and Director of Customer Support. With Synergy’s rapid […]
ORLANDO, Fla. (June 10, 2019) — Synergy Settlement Services (Synergy) was recognized as one of the 50 fastest growing businesses in Central Florida by the Orlando Business Journal on their Fast50 list. An industry leader in settlement services for trial attorneys, Synergy is rapidly expanding across the country, with new offices in Atlanta, southern and […]
ORLANDO, Fla. (August 12, 2019) — Synergy Settlement Services, the nation’s leading settlement services company, today announced the opening of a new office in Minneapolis with the addition of two settlement planning veterans Steve Harris and Jeff Smith, both formerly with PSSG. “With the addition of Steve and Jeff, Synergy continues its rapid expansion nationally in 2019 […]
ORLANDO, Fla. (September 9, 2019) — Synergy Settlement Services, the nation’s leading settlement services company, today announced the opening of a new office in South Florida with the addition of Rodolfo “Rudy” Rodriguez-Chomat, MBA, MSHRM, as Director of Business Development for Synergy Settlement Services. “With the addition of Rudy to business development team, Synergy continues its […]
ORLANDO, Fla. (September 16, 2020) — Synergy Settlement Services announces an important key addition to the Synergy senior leadership team. Rasa Fumagalli, JD, MSCC, CMSP-F joins Synergy as Director of MSP Compliance Services and will head up our Medicare operations group. Rasa is an incredibly bright and talented lawyer well versed in dealing with all […]
December 6, 2021 By: Teresa Kenyon, Esq. In HMS Holdings LLC v Ted A Greve & Associates P.A. et al, 2021 WL 5163308, an ERISA self-funded health plan was denied a temporary restraining order (TRO) on settlement funds. The court found that the health plan did not present sufficient evidence to satisfy all necessary requirements […]
November 11, 2021 In the confusing landscape of public benefits and planning issues that arise today for trial lawyers when settling catastrophic injury cases, finding your way can be a daunting task. Many questions come up such as should the client seek Social Security Disability (SSDI) benefits and become Medicare eligible? Doesn’t that trigger the […]
By: Joanna Wynes, J.D., Partner Planner The primary goal of a plaintiff’s attorney in a personal injury or workers’ compensation action is to achieve the greatest possible financial recovery given the facts and circumstances of the case. Once there is an agreement on the amount to settle the case for the injury victim or workers’ […]
The wait for proposed rulemaking related to Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) compliance obligations regarding future medical services in liability settlements continues. Although the Department of Health and Human Services issued their initial notification of proposed rulemaking in the fall of 2018, the target date has been moved several times and is currently set for October of 2021. However, focusing solely on the notice of proposed rules will cause a practitioner to overlook the impact of important MSP compliance changes taking place with Section 111 Mandatory Insurer Reporting obligations on settlements.