Hospital, Medicaid and insurer claims follow different rules
The provider lien statute is AS 34.35.450, perfected under AS 34.35.460. Alaska Medicaid's claim comes from AS 47.05.070 and AS 47.05.075, and Medicare recovers under the federal Medicare Secondary Payer statute.
Learn how Medicare and Alaska Medicaid recover from a settlement, whether the made-whole doctrine protects you in Alaska, and how a health insurer's claim differs from a hospital lien.