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
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We are Watching: Medicare Now Notifies Beneficiaries How WCMSA Data is Tracked and Administered
Key Changes to the Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside Arrangement (WCMSA) Reference Guide Version 4.3 On April 7, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released version... more
Medicare is a Secondary Payer: Lessons Learned from Medicare Set-Aside Accounts in Workers’ Compensation and How They Might Apply to Liability Settlements
It is the summer of 2001 and the workers’ compensation world is reasonably quiet. In most jurisdictions, the 1980s and 1990s were hotbeds... more
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
My Conversation with Parashar B. Patel of the “Patel Memo”
Watch the Webinar Recording Anyone who has been involved in workers' compensation claims and Medicare Set Asides (MSAs) is likely... more
Ametros Success Story | Kim Syfrett: “This is the Company that has the Knowledge and the Resources”
Kim Syfrett Attorney at Syfrett, Dykes & Furr "If you are settling a workers' compensation case with a... more
CMS Releases Data on COVID-19 Impact to Medicare Beneficiaries
On July 29, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released information on Medicare beneficiaries diagnosed with... more
Professional Administration & Structured Settlements: The Perfect Pair in Claims Resolution
Some things complement each other and together they're the perfect pair: Jordan & Pippen, peanut butter & jelly, soap & water.... more
Medicare Overview: What is Covered by Parts A, B, C & D?
Introduction to Medicare Medicare is a health insurance program most commonly used for people 65 and older and people under the age of 65... more
Struggles & Risks in Self-Administering Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set Asides
Following resolution of a workers' compensation claim that includes payment for future medicals – usually in the form of a Medicare Set... more
CMS Releases Updated WCMSA Reference Guide
On May 15, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released version 3.1 of the Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set... more
The COVID-19 Pandemic in Workers’ Compensation: What are the Medical Providers Thinking?
In our recent webinar, ‘The Coronavirus Pandemic in Workers’ Compensation: What are the Medical Providers Thinking?,’ I moderated a... more
8 Questions from Attorneys about Medicare Set Aside Administration
Determining the best approach to address MSAs with their client in the settlement process can be a challenge for many plaintiff... more
