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For your benefit our team takes these current trending law issues and translates them into client alerts. Read the latest alert or browse other recently written alerts today

Client Alerts

The attorneys in Miller Johnson’s Med Recovery Group provide litigation and counseling to medical providers seeking insurance reimbursement on patient accounts. Our group pursues wrongful denials of hospital claims by third-party payers, including no-fault carriers, health insurance plans and government plans.

Why use the MJ Recovery Team?

We generate revenue for medical providers through litigation and training in:

No Fault eligibility, coverage, causation and priority disputes under Michigan’s No Fault Insurance Act;

Health Plan eligibility, coverage, causation and priority issues including pre-authorization disputes, priority disputes, denials for pre-existing conditions, COBRA eligibility, and ERISA preemption;

Insurance payment issues arising under the No Fault Fee Schedule, the Worker Compensation Fee Schedule, ERISA health plans, HMOs and Government plans including partial payments, mistaken payments, “customary and reasonable” underpayments, third party audits and balance billing issues;

Contractual issues and audits with Medicare, Medicaid, Tricare, group health plans, managed care entities and No Fault Networks.

Charging lien or fee claims against hospitals and medical providers from attorneys representing patients in liability claims.

Miller Johnson’s Med Recovery Group assist medical providers:

  • Decrease accounts receivables days
  • Decrease self-pay accounts and charity and uncollectible write-offs by obtaining payment from insurance sources
  • Increase collections and the medical provider’s bottom line by collecting improperly denied claims.

Miller Johnson’s Med Recovery Group routinely seeks and collects interest and attorney fees from carriers for wrongful denials by enforcing state and federal laws requiring prompt payment of claims. Miller Johnson’s Med Recovery Group provides 24/7 live access to all referred account through a secure SharePoint portal. Miller Johnson’s Med Recovery Group provides training and legal updates to medical provider through Client Alerts, electronic bulletins and training videos.

Our group’s litigation and counseling have provided our hospital, health system and medical provider clients with a much-decreased timeframe in accounts receivable and significant decreases in self-pay accounts, charity and uncollectible write-offs.

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We have increased collections overall by pursuing improperly denied claims.  In the past 3 years, they have collected more than $100 million in denied charges and over $3.0 million in interest and attorney fees from payers which have denied and delayed payment of claims.

In addition to appealing and litigating denied claims, our group provides training to Patient Financial Services representatives on billing and coding issues, no-fault eligibility and coverage issues, appeals to government payers, HMOs and ERISA plans on denied claims and compliance under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.  We have also designed and implemented Denial Management Protocols for our hospital clients.  We provide both in-house training seminars and e-mail notifications regarding legal issues affecting reimbursement.

MJ Med Recovery Attorneys
    • Justin Bratt Attorney Grand Rapids Michigan View Profile   
    • Justin M. Bratt
    • Grand Rapids
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    • Marcus Campbell Attorney Grand Rapids Michigan View Profile   
    • Marcus W. Campbell
    • Grand Rapids
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    • Julie Cosgrove Paralegal Grand Rapids Michigan View Profile   
    • Julie A. Cosgrove
    • Kalamazoo
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    • Lisa David Paralegal Grand Rapids Michigan View Profile   
    • Lisa A. David
    • Grand Rapids
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    • Jeffrey DenBraber View Profile   
    • Jeffrey D. DenBraber
    • Grand Rapids
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    • Ryan Duffy View Profile   
    • Ryan P. Duffy
    • Grand Rapids
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    • Lori Fitzgerald View Profile   
    • Lori B. Fitzgerald
    • Grand Rapids
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    • Joe Gavin Attorney Grand Rapids Michigain View Profile   
    • Joseph J. Gavin
    • Grand Rapids
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    • Jaime Gress Paralegal Grand Rapids Michigan View Profile   
    • Jaime L. Gress
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    • Chelsea Hebert View Profile   
    • Chelsea L. Hebert
    • Grand Rapids
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    • Richard Hillary Attorney Grand Rapids Michigan View Profile   
    • Richard E. Hillary II
    • Grand Rapids
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    • Maro Houhanisin View Profile   
    • Maro S. Houhanisin
    • Detroit
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    • Alison Khorey View Profile   
    • Alison F. Khorey
    • Grand Rapids
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    • Maggie A. McDonald
    • Grand Rapids
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    • Emily A. O’Connell
    • Grand Rapids
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    • Elizabeth Ollgaard View Profile   
    • Elizabeth J. Ollgaard
    • Detroit
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    • Andrew D. Oostema
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    • Michele Quigley Attorney Kalamazoo Michigan View Profile   
    • Michelle L. Quigley
    • Grand Rapids
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    • Steve Ryan Attorney Grand Rapids Michigan View Profile   
    • Stephen R. Ryan
    • Grand Rapids
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    • Amanda Tavares View Profile   
    • Amanda M. Tavares
    • Grand Rapids
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    • Jeffrey Wesorick View Profile   
    • Jeffrey K. Wesorick
    • Grand Rapids
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Latest Med Recovery Publications
  • February 25, 2025

    DIFS Issues Updated Fee Schedule CPI Adjustment

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  • November 15, 2024

    DIFS Issues Updated Enhanced Auto Reimbursement List

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  • September 08, 2023

    Called It: The Michigan No Fault Act’s Utilization Review Medical Provider Administrative Appeal Process is Not Mandatory

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  • August 15, 2023

    ERISA Update: Sixth Circuit Decision Reminds To Review Plan Documents Carefully

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  • December 01, 2022

    One-Year Back Deadline? Not So Fast: Formal Denial Of Claims Required Before The Clock Starts Ticking.

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  • November 18, 2022

    Motorcycle Accidents that Involve a Motor Vehicle: Unintended Consequences of the 2019 Amendments to the Michigan No Fault Act

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  • November 04, 2022

    Choose Wisely: Select Uncoordinated (Primary) Unlimited Pip Coverage

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  • October 20, 2022

    ERISA Health Plan Claims Update: Claims Review Poised To Change

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  • October 06, 2022

    Michigan Supreme Court to Decide if Fee Schedule Applies to Accidents that Occurred Before June 11, 2019

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  • September 22, 2022

    Get it While its Hot! – Four Year Time Limit Applies to Lawsuits for Double Damages Under the Medicare Secondary Payor Act

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  • September 08, 2022

    No Fault’s 1-Year Timing Rules and Tolling: Can a Medical Provider Even Stop the Clock From Running?

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  • August 25, 2022

    Michigan Court of Appeals Decides: Fee Schedule Doesn’t Apply to Accidents Before June 11, 2019

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  • August 15, 2022

    Perfect is the Enemy of Good: Michigan Supreme Court Decision in Griffin v. Trumbull Part Two

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  • July 22, 2022

    Insurance Priority Is (Still) Not a Basis to Pend an Otherwise Payable No Fault Claim

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  • July 07, 2022

    The No-Fault Fee Schedule and Contractual Discounts: Beware the Insurer Having Its Cake and Eating It Too

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  • June 14, 2022

    Michigan Supreme Court Decides: Assignments Still Matter

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  • June 09, 2022

    Why Does Speed Matter? The timely billing of a no-fault insurer.

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  • May 26, 2022

    Exhausted No Fault Medical Benefits! Not So Much

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  • May 12, 2022

    Know The New No-Fault Priority Rules And Beware of Coverage Gaps

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  • April 29, 2022

    Michigan Court of Appeals Reiterates: ‘1 Year Means 1 Year’ For Medical Providers Awaiting No-Fault Payments

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  • July 03, 2019

    Landmark changes to Michigan’s no fault law

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Latest Med Recovery News
  • August 16, 2023

    Angela Alvarez Sujek, Suzanne Miller and Maro Houhanisin Join Miller Johnson

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  • July 31, 2023

    Supreme Court Decides Andary: Victory for Medical Providers and Their Patients

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  • October 28, 2021

    Fitzgerald Joins Miller Johnson Healthcare Provider Reimbursement Group

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  • September 10, 2021

    Joslin Monahan and Alison Khorey Join Miller Johnson

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