Maine bars priority liens for health insurers and ranks hospital liens behind your attorney
Hospital liens are governed by 10 MRSA 3411 and 3412, MaineCare by 22 MRSA 14, health insurers by 24-A MRSA 2729-A and medical payments insurers by 2910-A. Medicare recovers under the federal Medicare Secondary Payer statute.
Learn how Medicare and MaineCare recover from a settlement, why Maine limits health insurer reimbursement to a just and equitable share, and how hospital liens differ from insurer claims.