Beginning June 4, 2022, CMS will utilize the CDC’s “Table 1: Life Table for the total population: United States, 2019” for the Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set Aside life expectancy calculations.
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Narcan, an opioid antagonist, works by blocking the effects of opioid drugs on the central nervous system.
On January 10, 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services added Section 4.3 - The Use of Non-CMS-Approved Products to Address Future Medical Care to the Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside Arrangement (WCMSA) Reference Guide (“Guide”).
On March 2, 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) submitted a proposed rule on Medicare Secondary Payer and Future Medicals (CMS-6047) to the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), which if adopted could have a game-changing impact on liability, and perhaps other types of cases throughout the country.
Medical bills are often the ugliest part of a workers’ compensation settlement.
Two state insurance guarantee funds challenged CMS’ definition of a “primary plan” in order to exclude themselves from conditional payments and Section 111 reporting requirements.
One of the challenging tasks for MSA allocators is persuading CMS to exclude a surgical allocation when a future surgical procedure is mentioned in the medical record.
On October 5, 2020, CMS released version 3.2 of its Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside (WCMSA) Reference Guide.
Medicare coverage is not limited to Medicare Part A (Hospital Insurance) and Part B (Medical Insurance). Medicare Advantage Plans (Part C) are also an available option for Medicare beneficiaries.
I recently wrote about Section 111 Total Payment Obligation to Claimant (TPOC) reporting in bifurcated settlements.