A class-action lawsuit has been filed against The Rawlings Company and related companies.
The plaintiffs Martin Zakarian and Mary Jones are representing themselves and others who have similar grievances in the complaint, which was filed in federal court, against The Rawlings Company LLC, Rawlings Financial Services, LLC and Rawlings & Associates PLLC.
The plaintiffs allege the defendants improperly calculated Medicare liens on their settlement proceeds without including an offset for procurement costs. Zakarian and Jones both paid these liens under protest. They claim these practices are part of a broader pattern affecting citizens of Kansas since January 2021 and Missouri citizens since January 2019 who settled any lawsuit where the defendants were acting as agents for Medicare.
The court has jurisdiction over this case under the Class Action Fairness Act as it involves more than 100 members in each proposed class, with at least one member from a state different from where the defendants are citizens. The amount in controversy exceeds $5 million.
The defendants are Kentucky-based limited liability companies that do business as "The Rawlings Group," a claims recovery vendor in the healthcare industry. They publicly claim to deliver more net revenue to clients' bottom lines than any other company can deliver.