Demystifying Medicare Set-Asides: What Every Legal Professional Should Know
Learn what Medicare Set-Asides (MSAs) are, why they matter, and how law firms can stay compliant by addressing future medicals, CMS guidance, and documentation.
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Synergy’s Workers’ Compensation Medicare Secondary Payer Advice Column
The Medicare Secondary Payer Act impacts workers’ compensation, liability, and no-fault settlements involving a Medicare beneficiary.
Understanding Structured Settlements and Medicare Set-Asides
October 14, 2021 Samantha Webster Settlement – What to Consider for a Medicare Set-Aside (MSA) When settling a case involving a current Medicare beneficiary and before finalizing, it is important to understand what actions need to be taken to consider Medicare’s interest. What does this all mean and what are the three most important things […]
Primary Payer Status Shifts from Liability Carrier to Plaintiff Post-Settlement
Rasa Fumagalli JD, MSCC, CMSP-F In Penelope Stillwell v State Farm Fire and Casualty Co., et al. case (2021 WL 4427081), a plaintiff attempts to impose primary payer status on a liability insurer post-settlement via a qui tam action in federal district court. The U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division addressed in […]
Public Benefits Preservation: What Your Client Doesn’t Know will Hurt Them, and You!
April 9, 2020 By: Evelynn Passino One of the many practice points rarely taught in law school: your client may lose public benefits as a result of a recovery, and you have a duty, as their attorney, to discuss benefit preservation with them. That does not mean you have a duty to actually preserve their […]