Medical Liens - Healthcare & Law's Proverbial Catch 22

While meeting financial demands may be nothingno-win choices; accepting an offer for settlement
new for healthcare facilities, for today's medicalbefore achieving mmr, or searching for medical
providers a legal climate exists that has beenproviders who accept medical lien patients, which
described as an 'economic gauntlet. Just keepingin many instances takes months to receive
the lights on for some healthcare facilities is antreatment and delays a possible settlement even
issue facing far too many healthcare providers.farther.
How does this issue affect you? Let us exploreFor the contingent attorneys in such cases the
this question.paradox occurs as their compensation is
Nationwide medical care providers deal with toughadversely affected by the amount of settlement
issues daily, in part such issues range from; risingachieved when the patient-plaintiff accepts an
operational costs, State and Federal funding cutinsurance offer without achieving mmr. Ultimately
backs, reduced corporate donations created by athe values of the injuries sustained are not
tough economy, and Federal legislation ensuringcompensated for and the value of the case is not
emergency medical care for all patients. Grantedachieved.
while such challenges are just a sample of theWhy then do medical providers decline or limit
issues facing America's medical providers, maketheir care of medical lien patients? Let's look
no mistake, these issues alone are reason enoughbriefly at what occurs for the medical provider:
for a "fiscal juggling act" providers face asFact 1 Medical Liens Provide No Guarantee of
demands increase while capital is decreasing.Payment: For medical providers medical liens
For the federally subsidized medical institution,provide no guarantee of financial security if the
each provider is compelled by Federal statute topending litigation case is lost, period.
provide emergency medical treatment to allFact 2 Medical Liens Take Years to Provide
patients, irregardless of the patient's ability to pay.Compensation: Medical providers wait years for
To date; the financial impact such regulation hasresolution as each has no leverage to enforce an
on medical providers has been defined by recent"at fault" insurance carrier provide prompt
statistics that show over 50% of all emergencypayment for cases they must assume liability for.
patients admitted annually have no proof ofFact 3 Medical Liens Result In Reduced Payments:
insurance at the time of admission. So what's theMedical providers under a medical lien are
correlation? Patients who receive emergencynegotiated with to reduce the accounts payable
medical care benefit from the current legislation,after absorbing the costs of care while waiting
as each receives medical treatment without ayears for settlement.
guarantee of financial responsible for suchFact 4 Vexatious Delays: Vexatious insurance
treatment. For medical providers the lossescompanies control settlement revenue which
associated with patient care is absorbed asallows the insurance company time to continue to
taxable deductions as well as passed on asearn interest on settlement monies in their
increased healthcare costs to insured patients.possession while the medical provider looses
Thus insured or not this situation affects us all.revenue to interest.
For the healthcare providers who are profitable, aFact 5 Medical Facilities Face Loose-Loose Business
"taxable write " for uncollected patient accountsDecisions: Medical facilities are forced to make
provides an advantage, but for medical provider"business decisions" everyday regarding absorbing
whose write offs exceed revenue, there's a reallosses for unsuccessfully litigated cases or
paradox. For providers to meet fiscal demandsspending more resources pursuing patient assets
while not generating sufficient capital to meetwith still no guarantee of recovery. Thus from
overhead, and yet expected to provide qualityboth a financial and administrative perspective the
care, well is too much being asked? Not if you'reMedical Lien Letter of Protection makes "keeping
a patient who's standard of care falls below thatthe lights on quite challenging as this legal
guaranteed by national standards.instrument has proven after decades of use to
For the profitable medical facility write offsnot be the most effective solution for fiscal
provide a slight advantage, but the reality is amedical management.
"business as usual" approach to healthcare can notIs There a More Effective Solution?
continue as at current because the facts are; aThe answer is yes. A long past due financial
day of reckoning in on the horizon for us all. Forsolution has been developed as an innovative
medical facility executives to keep the booksapproach to fiscal medical management and has
balanced money must be available to meetbeen recently launched by a professional financial
financial demands and absorbing losses doesn'tconsulting firm, 1st Choice Funding. As financial
meet the demands incurred by wages, salaries,guru's, 1st Choice Funding offers an amazing fiscal
supplies, utilities, equipment, bank notes and thesolution for medical providers, patients-plaintiff's
like. And while you're calculating the hundreds ofand their attorneys. This innovative financial
millions in expenses just for these categories, addsolution has been appropriately called "No Risk...No
to the equation the legal costs of collections forDelay...Payment Today" Medical Lien Portfolio
unpaid uninsured accounts. Now as you wear outFunding.
your calculator, are you beginning to understandAs financial experts with a cutting edge solution
the economic crunch medical facilities face whenoriented philosophy, 1st Choice Funding provides a
treating the uninsured and ending up on the shortfresh approach, an "outside the box" perspective
end of the "financial stick"?to the medical-legal patient-plaintiff dilemma. By
Granted while most U.S. consumers findtaking an objective approach to medical liens and
themselves shedding no tears for multi-billion dollarthe inherent issues they create, 1st Choice
healthcare facilities, you may find yourself feelingFunding provides a "No Risk" financial system that
differently the next time you're in need ofremoves 100% of the risk for medical providers
emergency medical care and none is availablewhich will change the way medicine views the use
because, the once prosperous medical facility isof medical liens. How is such possible? Simply put:
closed due to the economic reasons. Somethingbecause 1st Choice Funding has unlimited investor
to think about wouldn't you agree? Are thereresources which when utilized provide a
other options verses the standard way of doingguaranteed cash infusion to the medical provider
business? Absolutely. Now let's explore uninsuredwho sells the medical lien portfolio which converts
patients and the financial solution medical providersuncollected patient accounts into a guaranteed
have available.cash avalanche.
The "Solution"...the "Medical Lien"With "No Risk" Medical Lien Funding medical lien
The medical lien is a legal security provided to apatient files are then converted from "potential
medical provider when a patient later becomes arisk-to-capital" in days. And with this programs
plaintiff in a legal case. In such a situation ifimplementation, healthcare facilities are taken out
settlement occurs, medical providers areof the business of law and kept in the business of
compensated as the attorney of recordhealthcare. A sound financial option indeed. With
compensates the provider out of the insurance"No Risk" Medical Lien Portfolio funding, medical
collection proceeds. However, as financially soundfacilities who utilize this program comply with
as a medical lien appears to be, in a real worldFederal guidelines for uninsured patient services
application, untold losses occur each year fromwhile not being left with financial consequences for
the use of the medical lien.doing such. The facts are for unpaid medical lien
While medical liens are a nationally used legal tool,accounts, medical providers who utilize "No Risk"
for the millions of patients treated annually undercapital receive:
this devise the facts are, all too often a medicalCapital Today Instead of Capital Delay
lien leaves the providers who rely on them withCapital Today Instead of Capital Outlay
the "short end of the financial stick". RevenuesCapital Today Instead of More Capital Pay "No
the medical lien are designed to generate insteadRisk" Medical Lien Portfolio Funding is just that
create liability for the medical facility, and thus thesimple. With this unique financial tool medical
results are, beyond emergency care, someproviders receive an unheard of ability to increase
medical providers decline patients or at best limitpatient volume and revenue without consequence.
the amount of patients they accept whose careFor the first time in medical history, healthcare is
is secured by the medical lien.being offered the most effective "financial bridge"
For the patient who becomes a plaintiff, thedesigned to bring Government, Finance, Law,
injured more often than not need ongoing medicalMedicine and Patient Care together effectively and
care in order to achieve maximum medicalsimultaneously. "No Risk" Medical Lien Portfolio
recovery. "MMR" is the sought after goal for theFunding is good for medical providers, for
attorney in order to achieve settlement, satisfypatient-plaintiffs, and for their attorneys. "No Risk"
the medical lien providers, be compensatedMedical Lien Portfolio Funding is a savvy financial
themselves and the patient-plaintiff.solution and is a 100% winner for everyone
As an illustrative example when an auto accidentinvolved.
occurs and the uninsured injured receiveUnlike health insurance carriers or government
emergency medical care. In such instances theagencies whose red tape and never ending delays
patient-plaintiff needs ongoing medical treatment incost medical provider's more in fiscal resources
order to ultimately achieve mmr which ultimatelywaiting for compensation, 1st Choice Funding's
correlates to an insurance settlement. This isinvestor capital is eager to provide the financial
where for the medical provider, theremedy without delay. For a further examination
patient-plaintiff, and their attorney the proverbialof 1st Choice Funding's "No Risk" Medical Lien
"catch 22" begins. For medical providers thePortfolio program consider these facts:
paradox is such must maintain positive cash flow"No Risk" Medical Lien Funding Eliminates Financial
in order to provide services. Because medical liensRisk For Medical Providers
do not provide guaranteed compensation a"No Risk" Medical Lien Funding Provides 100%
growing number of medical providers refuse toCapital on Unsuccessfully Litigated Cases
provide ongoing medical care under the auspices"No Risk" Medical Lien Funding Eliminates Medical
of the medical lien. For other medical providersLien Collection Expense
who limit the services provided or the amount of"No Risk" Medical Lien Funding Provides a Positive
patients accepted whose file is secured by aEnvironment Improving Patient Relations
medical lien, are forced to do so because of the"No Risk" Medical Lien Funding Provides Cash
lack of guaranteed compensation combined withInfusion from Lien Portfolio Sale
the shear length of time involved in achieving"No Risk" Medical Lien Funding Provides Capital
compensation.When Services Are Rendered
For the patient-plaintiff this paradox is critical as"No Risk" Medical Lien Funding provides
financial pressures and "pennies on the dollar"tomorrow's effective financial solution....Today!
insurance settlement offers leave the injured with