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LifeWallet Announces New Comprehensive Settlements Totaling More Than $5.9 Million, Continued Progress in Recoveries on Owned Claims and Acquiring Rights to Additional Claims, and Initiatives to Eliminate Wasteful Medicare Spending by Launching Beta Testing of Its Clearinghouse Solution, Built in Partnership with Palantir Technologies, Inc.

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LifeWallet (NASDAQ: LIFW) announces new settlements totaling over $5.9 million, including a $760,000 medical device settlement and two property & casualty (P&C) settlements worth $5.2 million. The P&C settlements include 10-year agreements for data sharing and cooperative claim resolution. The company is advancing its clearinghouse solution, built with Palantir Technologies, to address Medicare's $31.2 billion in improper payments. The clearinghouse utilizes AI tools and machine learning to enhance healthcare data management and payment systems.

LifeWallet (NASDAQ: LIFW) annuncia nuovi accordi per un totale di oltre $5,9 milioni, compreso un accordo di $760,000 per dispositivi medici e due accordi per danni e responsabilità (P&C) del valore di $5,2 milioni. Gli accordi P&C comprendono contratti decennali per la condivisione dei dati e la risoluzione cooperativa delle controversie. L'azienda sta avanzando la sua soluzione di clearinghouse, sviluppata con Palantir Technologies, per affrontare i $31,2 miliardi di pagamenti impropri di Medicare. La clearinghouse utilizza strumenti AI e machine learning per migliorare la gestione dei dati sanitari e i sistemi di pagamento.

LifeWallet (NASDAQ: LIFW) anuncia nuevos acuerdos que suman más de $5.9 millones, incluyendo un acuerdo de $760,000 por dispositivos médicos y dos acuerdos de propiedad y accidentes (P&C) por un valor de $5.2 millones. Los acuerdos de P&C incluyen contratos de 10 años para la compartición de datos y la resolución cooperativa de reclamaciones. La empresa está avanzando con su solución de clearinghouse, desarrollada junto a Palantir Technologies, para abordar los $31.2 mil millones en pagos incorrectos de Medicare. La clearinghouse utiliza herramientas de IA y aprendizaje automático para mejorar la gestión de datos de salud y los sistemas de pago.

라이프월렛 (NASDAQ: LIFW)$5.9백만 이상의 신규 합의 완료를 발표하였습니다. 여기에는 $760,000의 의료 기기 합의와 $5.2백만의 재산 및 사고 (P&C) 합의 두 건이 포함되어 있습니다. P&C 합의는 데이터 공유 및 협력적 청구 해결을 위한 10년 계약을 포함합니다. 이 회사는 팔란티르 테크놀로지스와 함께 개발한 클리어링하우스 솔루션을 발전시키고 있으며, 이는 메디케어의 $31.2억의 부당 지급 문제를 해결하기 위한 것입니다. 클리어링하우스는 AI 도구와 머신러닝을 활용하여 의료 데이터 관리 및 지불 시스템을 강화합니다.

LifeWallet (NASDAQ: LIFW) annonce de nouveaux règlements totalisant plus de $5,9 millions, y compris un règlement de $760,000 pour des dispositifs médicaux et deux règlements pour dommages et pertes (P&C) d'une valeur de $5,2 millions. Les règlements P&C comprennent des contrats de 10 ans pour le partage de données et la résolution coopérative des réclamations. L'entreprise fait progresser sa solution de clearinghouse, développée avec Palantir Technologies, pour traiter les $31,2 milliards de paiements indus de Medicare. La clearinghouse utilise des outils d'IA et de l'apprentissage automatique pour améliorer la gestion des données de santé et les systèmes de paiement.

LifeWallet (NASDAQ: LIFW) gibt neue Vereinbarungen im Gesamtwert von über $5,9 Millionen bekannt, darunter eine Vereinbarung über $760,000 für medizinische Geräte und zwei Vereinbarungen im Bereich Schaden- und Unfallversicherung (P&C) im Wert von $5,2 Millionen. Die P&C-Vereinbarungen enthalten 10-Jahres-Verträge zur Datenaustausch und zur kooperativen Schadensregulierung. Das Unternehmen entwickelt seine Clearinghouse-Lösung weiter, die in Zusammenarbeit mit Palantir Technologies geschaffen wurde, um die $31,2 Milliarden an fehlerhaften Zahlungen von Medicare zu bewältigen. Das Clearinghouse nutzt KI-Tools und maschinelles Lernen zur Verbesserung des Gesundheitsdatenmanagements und der Zahlungssysteme.

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  • Secured new settlements totaling $5.9 million
  • Established 10-year data sharing agreements with P&C insurers
  • Developed clearinghouse solution with Palantir Technologies to address Medicare payment issues
  • In negotiations with additional major P&C insurers for similar settlements
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  • Settlement terms may not be replicable for other assigned claims in portfolio
  • Current settlements include non-monetary considerations, affecting immediate cash value

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The announced $5.9 million in settlements demonstrates LifeWallet's progress in monetizing its claims portfolio. The combination of a $760,000 medical device settlement and $5.2 million from P&C insurers shows diversified revenue streams. The 10-year data sharing agreements and future claims resolution framework are particularly valuable, potentially creating a more predictable revenue model. The Palantir-powered clearinghouse platform adds significant technological capabilities to identify improper payments in the $31.2 billion Medicare improper payments market. However, investors should note that settlement values include non-monetary considerations and future settlements aren't guaranteed to match these terms.

The LifeWallet/Palantir clearinghouse platform represents a significant technological advancement in healthcare claims processing. By leveraging AI, natural language processing and machine learning on Palantir's Foundry platform, the system can potentially transform Medicare Secondary Payer compliance. The ability to process real-time data from multiple stakeholders (patients, attorneys, providers, insurers) creates a comprehensive solution for identifying improper payments. With CMS reporting a 7.38% improper payment rate in Medicare FFS, this platform addresses a substantial market opportunity while potentially reducing healthcare system inefficiencies.

MIAMI, Nov. 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MSP Recovery, Inc. d/b/a LifeWallet (NASDAQ: LIFW) (“LifeWallet” or “the Company”) announces new comprehensive settlements totaling more than $5.9 million, continued progress in recoveries on owned claims and acquiring rights to additional claims, and advancing initiatives to eliminate wasteful spending of Medicare dollars and improve federal cost-cutting measures by reducing improper payments made by healthcare entities across the United States.

Medical Device Settlement:

LifeWallet entered into a confidential settlement agreement with a product manufacturer totaling $760,000. As part of LifeWallet’s owned claims portfolio, the Company has ongoing litigation against other pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers based on claims of defective products or anti-competitive pricing. These settlements are not a guarantee that LifeWallet’s portfolio of assigned claims can be settled with the same or similar terms.

Property & Casualty Settlements:

LifeWallet entered into two comprehensive settlements with property and casualty insurers (P&C Insurers), totaling more than $5.2 million, which offer a going-forward process to collaboratively and timely resolve future claims and share important historical data. This is expected to enhance LifeWallet’s claims reconciliation capabilities by identifying claims owned by LifeWallet that it may have a right to recover on, benefiting Medicare plans and downstream entities across the mainland U.S. and Puerto Rico.

Some of these settlements require the P&C Insurers to provide data by way of an Application Programming Interface to the LifeWallet clearinghouse platform that was designed and created by LifeWallet and Palantir Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: PLTR). The clearinghouse is a hybrid between a statistical analysis system model and one that identifies improper payments, while also having the capability to provide patients, providers and attorneys with an individual’s current and past medical conditions as they relate to improper payments or potential claims against the world’s largest pharmaceutical and medical device companies.

Details of the two settlements include:

  • The P&C Insurers’ agreement to provide ten years of historical data (identifying all claims processed from January 1, 2014, through the effective date) and data sharing of future claims, extending out for one year, assisting LifeWallet in reconciling its current and future assigned Medicare claims to be able to collect on owned claims that are owed as a result of failure to pay or reimburse;
  • A 10-year agreement to resolve cooperatively, or through binding mediation, relevant Medicare claims (liens) that LifeWallet owns today and in the future; 
  • The P&C Insurers’ agreement that they are primary payers for any unreimbursed Medicare lien that LifeWallet identifies from data sharing, and the P&C Insurers’ agreement to assign all rights to collect against other third parties that either failed to pay liens or collected twice from Medicare funds and the P&C Insurers;
  • A cash payment from the P&C Insurers to LifeWallet to settle existing historical claims; and
  • The opportunity for the P&C Insurers to implement LifeWallet’s coordination of benefits clearinghouse solution.

LifeWallet is also currently in negotiations with other property and casualty insurers to resolve claims on a similar basis, including one of the country’s largest P&C Insurers. Some of these negotiations have resulted in collaborative statistical sampling and extensive data matching to determine the size and scope of claims that are owned by the Company that LifeWallet has asserted repayment is due pursuant to Medicare Secondary Payer and other related laws. These insurers are acting in good faith to attempt to resolve these disputes. As with other achieved settlements, LifeWallet attempts to reach agreements to resolve historical claims without litigation for ten (10) years moving forward.

The two settlements announced today follow three previous comprehensive settlements announced by LifeWallet on April 18, 2024March 3, 2024 and July 22, 2024, totaling nearly 70 (affiliated and non-affiliated) property and casualty insurers. These settlement agreements are the result of LifeWallet’s decade-long commitment to revolutionize the fragmented healthcare reimbursement system with data-driven solutions, utilizing its extensive legal infrastructure to enforce Primary Payer obligations (from mostly property and casualty insurers), through years of federal and state litigation. 

LifeWallet notes these settlements are not a guarantee that LifeWallet’s portfolio of assigned claims (owed by other Primary Payers) can be settled with the same or similar terms. The settlement values are a combination of monetary and non-monetary considerations, with the non-monetary considerations involving LifeWallet obtaining data on all the claims that were processed and paid by the P&C Insurers, and the P&C Insurers’ assignment of rights to collect against other responsible parties. LifeWallet expects that this will enhance its ability to discover liens and recover payments owed more efficiently than through litigation. It also enables LifeWallet to pursue a diversified number of entities that failed to pay liens or collected twice for the same bills, both from the insurer and LifeWallet’s assignor clients.

Federal Cost-Cutting and Eliminating Wasteful Spending Through LifeWallet/Palantir Clearinghouse

In 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) estimated that Medicare lost $31.2 billion due to improper payments, which was 7.38% of the Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) program. LifeWallet is advancing initiatives to eliminate this wasteful spending and unnecessary Medicare secondary payments, utilizing its clearinghouse system, created through its exclusive healthcare partnership with Palantir Technologies, Inc. The clearinghouse solution utilizes the Palantir Foundry platform, AI tools, natural language processing, and machine learning, resulting in the development of a sophisticated data analytics system that captures and manages healthcare data, enhancing LifeWallet’s Chase to Pay model.

After successful beta testing, the LifeWallet/Palantir clearinghouse continues to build upon previously announced initiatives (“MSP Recovery and Palantir to Transform Connectivity Across the U.S. Healthcare System”) providing real-time data driven solutions that focus on data from patients, attorneys, healthcare providers, and healthcare insurers, as well as property and casualty insurers, all designed to create an expansive repository of data that can be used to determine medical conditions as well as payer obligations.

LifeWallet’s CEO John H. Ruiz is of the opinion these technological advancements will ignite a new era of collaboration, efficiency, and cost-savings, saying, “Systemic issues have plagued the healthcare system for decades. We have built solutions for the public and private sector to cut unnecessary healthcare costs and save billions of taxpayer dollars, benefitting every American, and that is something we can all unite behind.”

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements may generally be identified by the use of words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan" and “will” or, in each case, their negative, or other variations or comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements include all matters that are not historical facts, including for example statements regarding potential future settlements. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future. As a result, these statements are not guarantees of future performance or results and actual events may differ materially from those expressed in or suggested by the forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statement made by the Company herein speaks only as of the date made. New risks and uncertainties come up from time to time, and it is impossible for the Company to predict or identify all such events or how they may affect it. the Company has no obligation, and does not intend, to update any forward-looking statements after the date hereof, except as required by federal securities laws. Factors that could cause these differences include, but are not limited to, the Company’s ability to capitalize on its assignment agreements and recover monies that were paid by the assignors; the inherent uncertainty surrounding settlement negotiations and/or litigation, including with respect to both the amount and timing of any such results; the success of the Company's scheduled settlement mediations; the validity of the assignments of claims to the Company; negative publicity concerning healthcare data analytics and payment accuracy; and those other factors included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other reports filed by it with the SEC. These statements constitute the Company’s cautionary statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

About LifeWallet

Founded in 2014 as MSP Recovery, LifeWallet has become a Medicare, Medicaid, commercial, and secondary payer reimbursement recovery leader, disrupting the antiquated healthcare reimbursement system with data-driven solutions to secure recoveries from responsible parties. LifeWallet provides comprehensive solutions for multiple industries including healthcare, legal, and sports NIL. For more information, visit: LIFEWALLET.COM.

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FAQ

What is the total value of LifeWallet's (LIFW) latest settlement agreements?

LifeWallet's latest settlements total more than $5.9 million, comprising a $760,000 medical device settlement and two property & casualty settlements worth over $5.2 million.

How long are the data sharing agreements in LifeWallet's (LIFW) new P&C settlements?

The P&C settlements include 10-year agreements for historical data sharing (from January 2014) and future claims data sharing for one year.

What is the purpose of LifeWallet's (LIFW) clearinghouse solution with Palantir?

The clearinghouse solution aims to eliminate wasteful Medicare spending and improper payments, which CMS estimated at $31.2 billion in 2023, using AI tools and machine learning for healthcare data management.

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