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If advice is needed, the FTCA staff may be contacted at (202) 616-4254.
4-5.650 FTCA Staff -- Medicare Recovery Cases
Section 1395y(b)(1) of Title 42 provides that Medicare shall be a secondary payor in certain circumstances, including automobile accident cases or other instances where a third party would otherwise be liable for medical costs. This provision also expressly authorizes the United States to bring an independent action to recover from an insurer the cost of Medicare payments needed as a result of an automobile accident, or to join or intervene in any such action.
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