Query: How do I pay back Medicare?
Context: You will need to sign a declaration and send the forms back to Medicare. This form will be used to calculate the amount to be repaid to Medicare when your matter settles.
Medicare will then send you a “Notice of Past benefits” which specifies the amount that you must repay for the Medicare benefits you have received. This document will be sent to you and to the insurer. The insurer will not pay any settlement money until they have received this notice.
If this document is not completed before settlement, then 10% of the settlement money will be deducted by the insurer and sent to Medicare as a bond while you complete the Medicare paperwork. If you have not put any treatment on Medicare, then Medicare will return the 10% direct to you.