#4 | Since You Asked: Synergy’s Workers’ Compensation Medicare Secondary Payer Advice Column
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June 6, 2023
Rasa Fumagalli JD, MSCC, CMSP-F
The Medicare Secondary Payer Act impacts workers’ compensation, liability, and no-fault settlements involving a Medicare beneficiary. This month’s “Since You Asked” column addresses a situation where Medicare incorrectly denies non-injury-related treatment after …
Since You Asked: Synergy’s Workers’ Compensation Medicare Secondary Payer Advice Column
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February 14, 2023
Rasa Fumagalli, JD, MSCC, CMSP-F
Oftentimes an attorney representing an injured worker may simply scan the defense’s Medicare Set-Aside and assume all the future medical issues have been addressed in the MSA. This month’s “Since You Asked” …
Is it Workers’ Compensation or Liability?
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July 21, 2022
Rasa Fumagalli, JD, MSCC, CMSP-F
Netflix’s new baking competition show “Is it Cake” challenges judges to identify which of two identical objects is edible and which is not. Attorneys settling cases involving work-related injuries may find themselves …
CMS’ Do-Over: A Look at Version 3.6 of the Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside Arrangement (WCMSA) Reference Guide
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March 24, 2022
Rasa Fumagalli JD, MSCC, CMSP-F
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued Version 3.6 of the Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside Arrangement (WCMSA) Reference Guide (“Guide”) on March 15, 2022. It softened the language …
An Examination of the Role of Structured Settlements in Funding Medicare Set-Asides
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March 14, 2022
Rasa Fumagalli JD, MSCC, CMSP-F & Samantha Webster
Many Medicare Set-Aside (MSA) arrangements today are funded with structured settlements. There are some very good reasons for doing so, which are discussed below. However, it is critical to …
Update on Proposed Liability MSA Rules and Civil Money Penalties
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March 3, 2022
Rasa Fumagalli JD, MSCC, CMSP-F
The Medicare Trust Fund is financially unstable. At this time, the funding for Medicare Part A, which covers hospital costs, is expected to run out by 2026. In light of this bleak …
CMS “Clarifies” Recent Revision to January 10, 2022 WCMSA Reference Guide in Webinar
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February 28, 2022
Rasa Fumagalli JD, MSCC, CMSP-F
There has been much discussion in the Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) compliance industry over the addition of Section 4.3 to the revised Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside Arrangement (WCMSA) Reference Guide Version 3.5…
#3 | Since You Asked: Synergy’s Workers’ Compensation Medicare Secondary Payer Advice Column
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October 14, 2021
Rasa Fumagalli JD, MSCC, CMSP-F
As we reflect on the 20th anniversary of the devastating September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on US soil and all the lives lost, we cannot forget the heroic efforts of all …
#2| Since You Asked: Synergy’s Workers’ Compensation Medicare Secondary Payer Advice Column
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September 9, 2021
Structured settlements may be used to fund a Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside (WCMSA). Samantha Webster, Synergy’s Director of Case Management, addresses two common questions that come up about funding of a WCMSA with a structured …
#1 | Since You Asked: Synergy’s Workers’ Compensation Medicare Secondary Payer Advice Column
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July 28, 2021
Rasa Fumagalli JD, MSCC, CMSP-F
Introducing “Since You Asked,” Synergy’s first in a series of columns addressing MSP compliance questions in the area of workers’ compensation.
Question:
“My client is settling her case and does not know …