A longtime Medicare Secondary Payer compliance attorney reflects on becoming a Medicare beneficiary and the lessons this experience offers to personal injury lawyers. Her story provides valuable insight into how MSP obligations impact injured clients.
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The Medicare Secondary Payer Act impacts workers’ compensation, liability, and no-fault settlements involving a Medicare beneficiary.
An attorney representing an injured worker may scan the defense’s Medicare Set-Aside and assume the future medical issues have been addressed.
Attorneys settling cases involving work-related injuries may find themselves similarly perplexed when it comes to whether a work-related injury will be treated as a workers’ compensation or liability case for purposes of the Medicare Secondary Payer Act (“MSP”).
CMS issued Version 3.6 of the Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside Arrangement (WCMSA) Reference Guide.
There are some good reasons why many Medicare Set-Aside (MSA) arrangements today are funded with structured settlements.
The Medicare Trust Fund is financially unstable. The funding for Medicare Part A, which covers hospital costs, is expected to run out by 2026.
This controversial Section of the guide addresses CMS’ view of non-submitted Medicare Set-Aside (MSA) proposals.