Some employers, carriers and other payers think Medicare Set-Asides (MSAs) are all pretty much the same, a commodity.  A company calculates future medical expenses and sends a report with an allocation to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),…

In an October 10, 2019 decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the California Insurance Guarantee Association (CIGA) was found not to be a primary plan under the Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Act.  The result of…

You may not realize how much your relationship with your Medicare Set-Aside vendor affects MSA allocation amounts and the time it takes to settle and close a claim.  Tower’s Chief Compliance Officer Dan Anders and Anne Alabach, Workers’ Compensation Department…

On October 7, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released an updated Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside Portal (WCMSAP) User Guide (Version 5.9) which adds the capability for both MSA self and professional administrators to electronically submit annual…