On September 13, 2019, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission published proposed rule changes in the Illinois Register.

In Duncan v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, 2019 U.S. Dis. LEXIS 106265, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan found that a decedent’s Estate (“Plaintiff”) did not have standing to seek double damages against Liberty Mutual (“Liberty”), the decedent’s no-fault PIP carrier. 

On May 20, 2019, the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Medical Fee Advisory Board announced a Proposed Amendment to the Workers’ Compensation Commission’s Administrative Rules.

When Medicare seeks recovery of conditional payments out of a settlement, judgment, or award from a beneficiary (as opposed to a primary plan), the conditional payment lien may be reduced by procurement costs (e.g. attorney’s fees). 

On November 15, 2016, the Court of Appeals of North Carolina held that a Medicaid recipient’s Workers' Compensation Medicare Set-Aside (WCMSA) account was not a countable asset for determining Medicaid eligibility.