Workers' Comp

Congress is again being asked to amend the Medicare Secondary Payment Act, just six months after enacting reform legislation dealing with the issue, which took five years to pass congressional muster.

Congress is again being asked to amend the Medicare Secondary Payment Act, just six months after enacting reform legislation dealing with the issue, which took five years to pass congressional muster.

Medicare does not preempt state workers compensation laws that establish rules dealing with the handling of medical claims, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.

The law imposes a hospital fee schedule with a maximum reimbursement rate of 200 percent of the Medicare rate for treatments and procedures to workers compensation claimants.

The law imposes a hospital fee schedule with a maximum reimbursement rate of 200 percent of the Medicare rate for treatments and procedures to workers compensation claimants.

A pregnant employee is injured at work, with the fetus harmed in the process. What happens next?