Approval of Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Asides (WCMSA) by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) remains the “gold standard.”

Welcome to the Spring 2020 edition of the Medicare Secondary Payer Compliance Corner.

On April 21, 2020, the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association (IMA) and Illinois Retail Merchants Association (IRMA) filed case 2020 CH 000098 in the Circuit Court of Sangamon County.

Effective April 1, 2020, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) imposed new obligations on private sector employers with less than 500 employees and covered governmental employers to provide employees with paid leave related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

On April 13, 2020, the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission created an emergency amendment to Rule 9030.70, expanding the Commission’s Rules of Evidence to include a rebuttable presumption for first responders and front-line workers exposed to COVID-19.

Effective April 13, 2020, the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission amended Rule 9030.70, expanding the Commission’s Rules of Evidence to include a rebuttable presumption for first responders and front-line workers exposed to COVID-19.

The family of a Walmart, Inc. employee in Illinois, who died due to complications from COVID-19, has filed a lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court accusing the retail giant of failing to adequately screen and protect workers.

From time to time, I am asked by clients whether an Illinois based employee who is injured while working outside of the United States, is covered by the employer’s domestic workers’ compensation policy. 

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), which in part provides emergency paid sick leave and expanded Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave for COVID-19 issues, was signed into law on March 18, 2020.

Version 3.0 of the Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside Arrangement (WCMSA) Reference Guide was published by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on October 10, 2019.