Compliance • Education The Devastating Risks of Failing to Comply with Medicare Requirements Post-Settlement Temporary or permanent loss of Medicare benefits for injured workers and potential financial exposure for payers are the consequences of... more August 5, 2021 • Michael Stack
Education Pandemic Parallels in Workers’ Compensation & Opportunities for Empathy The COVID-19 pandemic was a once-in-a-lifetime event which caused many of us who've lived through it to experience certain difficulties.... more August 2, 2021 • Shawn Deane
Education Leveraging Professional Administration on Low Dollar MSAs Professional administration is usually synonymous with higher dollar medical settlements that include consistent future medical care for... more July 16, 2021 • Jayson Gallant
Education What’s Happening to Your Former Clients? – Medicare Is Still Issuing Denials When settling cases with a Medicare Set Aside (MSA), often the ongoing compliance responsibility for the injured worker, including annual... more June 28, 2021 • Ametros
Education Professional Administration Closes Workers’ Comp Claim Files If an employer has a high exposure workers’ compensation claim, which scenario is more attractive? Close the claim file, reduce the... more May 18, 2021 • Michael Stack
Education Workers’ Memorial Day: Reflections on Kindness, Compassion, & Empathy April 28th of each year marks Workers' Memorial Day. This is “an international day of remembrance and action for workers killed,... more May 13, 2021 • Shawn Deane
Compliance • Education Determining Medicare Covered Items & Services for Your Medicare Set Aside Pursuant to the Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) provisions, following certain types of settlements which resolve medicals, Medicare may not... more April 6, 2021 • Kathleen Correia
Education • Legislative & Regulatory Current Trends in Professional Administration: Looking Back & Looking Beyond Medicare Addresses Opioids in Professional Administration In version 3.0 of the Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set Aside (WCMSA)... more December 16, 2020 • Shawn Deane
Education Innovation for the Long Haul: Protecting Injured Individuals with Trucking Settlement Solutions Risk on the Road Working on the road has become increasingly more dangerous for truck drivers over the past decade. The possibility of an... more November 20, 2020 • Mark Doherty
Education Professional Administration Key Performance Indicators There’s a relatively new trend in the workers’ compensation space that puts more focus on the injured worker. For years the industry... more November 5, 2020 • Michael Stack
Education • News Not Out of the Woods Yet: Recent Report Cautions Workers’ Compensation Industry on Opioids The national opioid epidemic has been a public health issue overshadowed amid the current COVID-19 global pandemic – even in an election... more November 4, 2020 • Shawn Deane
Education Should I Settle My Workers Compensation Case’s Future Medical? 6 Key Questions to Ask Yourself to Feel Confident Settling In most states an injured worker can decide if they would like to settle the... more October 30, 2020 • Porter Leslie