The Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Act is federal law that intersects with workers’ compensation (and other non-group health insurance types) and is statutorily and regulatorily based. However, many of the mechanisms that effectuate and enforce […]

The day is drawing near. Beginning on April 4, 2025, workers’ compensation insurance carriers and self-insured entities must report certain data related to settlements with Medicare beneficiaries that include a Medicare Set Aside (MSA).   Sec. […]

January isn’t over and we’ve already seen our second policy change from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in 2025 affecting Medicare Set Asides (MSAs). The first came by way of an alteration […]

Shawn Deane  General Counsel & Vice President of Claims Solutions | J29 Solutions    Shawn.Deane@j29inc.com     On November 25, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a report titled, “Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside (WCMSA) […]

Shawn Deane  General Counsel & Vice President of Claims Solutions | J29  Shawn.Deane@j29inc.com     On August 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued updates to the Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set Aside Reference […]

Shawn DeaneGeneral Counsel & Vice President of Claims Solutions | J29Shawn.Deane@j29inc.com  On February 23, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a technical alert associated with forthcoming obligations around reporting Medicare Set […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Physicians received a 3.4 percent cut in Medicare rates at the first of this year as a result of an ongoing decrease of the conversion factor used to calculate rates. For […]

Shawn DeaneGeneral Counsel & Vice President of Claims Solutions | J29Shawn.Deane@j29inc.com   Last week, on February 14, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released two (2) alerts related to Medicare Secondary Payer (“MSP”) […]