AIG, Travelers Move to Dismiss U.S. Medicare Reimbursement Lawsuit, HB Reports

PHILADELPHIA, May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- American International Group Inc. and The Travelers Companies Inc. say the federal government's suit against them for reimbursement of payments made in a 2003 toxic tort settlement was filed too late and against the wrong business entities, according to Vivi Gorman, editor of HB's Medicare Secondary Payer Report.

The government sued AIG and Travelers, and others, claiming several hundred of the plaintiffs involved in the toxic tort action were Medicare beneficiaries, and that the government is entitled to a portion of money it paid those plaintiffs for medical purposes, citing the Medicare Secondary Payer Act.  "The companies say they are the holding companies, not the actual insurers who made payments, and that, in any case, the government waited too long to file suit," Gorman said.  (For complete details, interested parties are invited to send an email to Gorman's attention at [email protected] requesting a complimentary copy of her report.)

"We're committed to tracking this issue, which is tremendously important to our litigator and insurance company customers," said Tom Hagy, CEO of HB Litigation Conferences.

Two Seminars

In addition to the newsletter, HB is producing two continuing legal education (CLE) seminars on May 19, 2010, in New Orleans and on June 8, 2010, in Philadelphia, Hagy said.

The May 19 seminar – titled "Medicare, Medicaid & SCHIP in Torts" – is being chaired by John O'Meara of Bremer Whyte Brown & O'Meara of Woodland Hills, Calif., and Steve Mullins of Luckey & Mullins of Ocean Springs, Miss. The program is being held at the Ritz-Carlton in New Orleans.

The June 8 seminar and webcast – titled "Medicare Secondary Payer Mandatory Reporting Requirements" – is being chaired by Marc Gaffrey of Hoagland, Longo, Moran, Dunst & Doukas and Christopher Placitella of Cohen, Placitella & Roth of Red Bank, N.J. The event is taking place at The Hub Cira Centre at 30th Street Train Station in Philadelphia.

For more information about these seminars or a copy of HB's latest Medicare Secondary Payer Report, write to HB at [email protected].  

Hagy is former publisher of Mealey Publications and a vice president at LexisNexis. His partner, Sharon Boothe, is the founding director of Mealey's Conference. They formed HB Litigation Conferences LLC in December 2008 after acquiring the Mealey's Conference assets.

SOURCE HB Litigation Conferences

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