Over the past several years, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have imposed stricter Medicare Set-Aside guidelines as part of its ongoing effort to preserve the Medicare trust fund.
A federal district court in Louisiana finally has put Liability Medicare Set-Asides on the map. In Big R Towing, Inc. v. Benoit, in order to take Medicare’s interest into account in this Jones Act liability case, David Wayne Benoit must set aside $52,500 from the settlement proceeds for payment of...
Under the Medicare Secondary Payer Act, Medicare is always secondary to workers' compensation and other insurance such as no-fault and liability insurance.
Since 2001, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has been publishing policy memorandums explaining the details of Medicare compliance when settling future medical benefits in a liability, self-insured, no-fault, and workers' comp scenario.
Once again, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have issued new deadlines for some reporting responsibilities. Read one for the latest information on dates.
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