On March 29, 2013, CMS issued its first ever WCMSA Reference Guide. To view and download a copy of the guide, please click here.
At the beginning of this 88 page guide, CMS states that the guide was written ...
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Read More Case law as it pertains to Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) compliance in liability settlements continues to reach different conclusions in different courts. In fact, the only aspect that appears to be ...
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A recent case out of a Mississippi District Court, Welch v. American Home Insurance Company, 2013 U.S. District LEXIS 25948 (February 26, 2013), determined the amount of a Medicare Set-Aside (MSA) in a ...
Read More This question gets asked a lot at public meetings, hearings and classes I attend or facilitate. I can summarize one perspective with the following:
“Workers' compensation is ...
Read More Waiting periods are a very common feature in US workers' compensation systems but are relatively rare in the Canadian context and absent from Australian systems. A waiting period in ...
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A Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan recently allowed a health care provider to proceed with a claim against a patient's no-fault auto insurance carrier for the full cost of its ...
Read More In the course of being in the property/casualty insurance claims sector, I'm sure everyone has encountered a situation at a party or social gathering where the inevitable inquiry is posed by a guest: ...
Read More A Federal District Court in Miami recently refused to determine whether a Medicare Set-Aside (MSA) was required in a personal injury case. In Early v. Carnival Corp., 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16711 (Feb. 7, ...
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