Liens in your Utah car accident are very important to track and monitor. Your Utah car accident attorney should be watching lien treatment like a hawk to avoid unpleasant surprises when the case settles.
Here are some classic, common liens that can arise in your Provo, UT car accident insurance case:
(1). Hospital Lien. A Utah hospital lien is a statutory beast and beast it is. Utah hospital lien law is found at Utah Code Ann. 38-7-101. Hospital liens basically allow hospitals to put a lien on any and all personal injury settlement proceeds for the amount that the hospital provides medical services for.
Hospital liens are for the full amount of medical services rendered, not for a reduced rate that they would have been paid under contractual rates with insurance companies. Hospitals can’t file a hospital lien when you have private health care insurance. Hospital liens are filed with the Utah District Court in county where the hospitals sits. Sometimes the hospitals turns over hospital lien administration to third party companies for collections and monitoring.
(2). Lien Based Medical Care. This is where any doctor, but most often a physical therapist or chiropractor provide medical care to you and they get paid out of your personal injury proceeds when your settle the case. Your car accident attorney should be watching all lien based medical care like a hawk to avoid unpleasant surprises at the end when you settle your case.
(3). Surgical Funders. Surgical funders are a form of lien based medical care. It is expensive and should only be used when you don’t have private health care insurance and need a particular surgery caused by the car accident. Shoulder surgeries, knee surgeries, spine surgeries can all be performed on a lien basis where the surgical funder pays the surgeon and holds the lien until your case settles.
(4). Private Funders. This is where you get a cash advance against your personal injury settlement. These should be avoided and make cases hard to settle.
All liens must be tracked and carefully monitored by you and your Utah car accident lawyer or disastrous results can occur when you settle your case.
PROVO, UTAH CAR ACCIDENT LAWYER Jake Gunter. Free Consult, TXT/Call (801) 373-6345.