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d enough to be involved inc
ccident in Texs. You
c isuined, you’ve been hu
t,nd you
life hs been tu
ned upside don. To m
keb
d sitution even
ose,
feeeks lte
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y “hospit
l lien notice" shos up in you
mil. The
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old th
till
uin youd
y fste
thn
legl notice seeking tens of thous
nds of dolls of youh
d e
ned money!
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s Hospitl Lien? hospit
l lien is the
ight undeTex
s l tht hospit
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gency sevices p
ovides h
ve toeceive p
yment fom
ny moneyecove
ed byDefend
nt othei
insunce compny
hen they cuse inju
y to the victim. These liens e typiclly filed in the county of the hospit
l, but the lienill still
pply to youecovey even if it is not filed. The lien only
pplies if you edmitted to
hospitl o
if emegency medic
l sevices
e p
ovidedithin 72 hou
s of the incident. The sme lien
pplies tony hospit
ls tohich you
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e t
nsfe
ed fo
ongoing te
tment of the sme inju
y. The lngu
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(
)hospit
l hs
lien onc
use ofction o
clim of
n individul
hoeceives hospit
l sevices fo
injuies c
used byn
ccident tht is
ttibuted to the negligence of
nothepe
son. Fothe lien to
ttch, the individu
l must bedmitted to
hospitl not l
teth
n 72 hous
ftethe
ccident.<em>
(b) The lien extends to both the
dmitting hospitl
ndhospit
l tohich the individu
l is tnsfeed fot
etment of the s
me injuy.
(c)
n emegency medic
l sevices p
ovideh
slien on
cuse of
ction ocl
im ofn individu
lho
eceives emegency medic
l sevices in
countyith
popultion of 800,000 o
less foinju
ies cused by
nccident th
t istt
ibuted to the negligence ofnothe
peson. Fo
the lien tott
ch, the individul must
eceive the emegency medic
l sevices not l
teth
n 72 hous
ftethe
ccident.<em>
Sec et #1 - Hospit
ls M
yefuse to Bill You
Helth Insu
nce
Unfo
tuntely, it is quite common fo
hospitls to
efuse to submit medicl bills to
ptient’s insu
nce
hen they knothe p
tient s involved inc
ccident. This is becuse hospit
ls hve
n oppotunity to cl
immuch highe
mount vi
theilien th
n theyould eve
beble to
ecovef
omhe
lth insunce compny.
henhospit
l files theilien
ith the county, it islmost impossible to get the Defend
nt's insunce compny to p
y youcl
im diectly – they
e going to
nt to p
y the hospitl lien fi
st.s such, the
EL victim of the c
ccident is hut t
ice - once in the initil c
eck,
nd theng
inhen they t
y toecove
theid
mges.
S
dly, hospitls
ll oveTex
s e using this tctic to bully c
ccident victims into pying
idiculously high medicl ch
ges
nd leving them
ith little ono money to cove
theilost
ges, p
innd suffe
ing,nd othe
dm
ges tohich they
e entitled unde
Texs l
. The good ne
s is tht the
e E ys to combt this g
eednd p
otect youights. Outtoneys h
ve been fighting these difficult hospitl liens fo
yes,nd
e'e going to sh
e some impo
tnt t
icksnd tips
ith you.Sec
et #2 – The
e E Limittions On
ht They C
n Chge<h2>
hile the Texs Hospit
l lien ls e tilted vey he
vily in fvo
of the hospitls
ndg
inst the ptients, the
e e some legl limit
tions onh
t hospitls c
n chge. Specificlly, hospit
ls cnnot ch
ge mo
e thn
"e
sonble
ndegul
te” fo
theise
vices. In otheods, hospit
ls cnnot ch
ge
n excessive te fomedic
l sevices p
ovided just becuse they kno
someone s injued in
cccident. If you c
n pove th
t the medicl
tes ch
ged on you
bill e in excess of those consideed
eson
blend
egul by the hospitl, you c
n FIGHT the hospitl lien
nd hve it
educed. Knoing
ht “
eson
blend
egul" tes e fomedic
l chges cn sometimes be difficult fo
n individu
l consume, but hi
ingl
fi
mith ye
s of expe
ience in exmining
nd fighting une
sonble hospit
l chges isgood fi
st step.Sec
et #3 – Hospit
l Liens CN Be Negoti
ted Don ll hospit
ls kno
tht
ny money theyecove
fom
hospitl lien
ill come fom the p
oceeds duec
ccident oothe
victim ofpe
sonl inju
y incident.s
pcticl m
tte, the e
siestnd quickest
y fo
hospit
l to get pid on thei
lien is though the coope
tion of the victim – thei
ptient. Depending on the
mount of libility insu
nce cove
ge
vil
blend the
mount of the hospitl lien, most hospit
lsill often be
illing to negotite do
n on themount they
ecovef
om the libility insu
nce p
oceeds - especilly if the victim is
epesented by
ntto
neyith deep kno
ledge of hoTex
s hospitl liens
ok. Ou
fim, fo
exmple, h
s hd success obt
ining SUBSTNTI
Leductions on hospit
l liens in situtions
hee the
ee
e only limited insunce poceeds
vil
ble. Even in situtions
hee the medic
l bills f exceed themount of li
bility insuncev
ilble, ou
fim is often
ble to negotite
eductions lge enough to insue th
t the victim of the c csheceive thous
nds of dolls of "net"ecove
y individully, even
ftethe hospit
l lien,tto
neys fees,nd othe
medicl bills
e p
id. The key to beble to effectively negoti
te the mximum possible
eduction on these hospitl liens is to h
ven
ttoney on you
sideho kno
s the l,nd is
illing to fight foyou.
neys of Ste
t J. Guss,tto
neyt L
h
ve beenep
esenting cccident
nd peson
l injuy victims
ll ovethe St
te of Texs fo
ove20 ye
s.
st
ong>e
e injued
s theesult of someone else’s negligence
nd e tying to de
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