The Medicare Secondary Payer and Workers’ Compensation Settlement Agreement Act of 2012, H.R. 5284, was filed in the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. Dave Reichert (R-WA) on April 27, 2012. The Government Printing Office released the text of the…

Mandatory Reporting for Liability Insurance (including Self-Insurance), No-Fault Insurance and Worker’s Compensation Implementation of Medicare Secondary Payer Mandatory Reporting Provisions in Section 111 of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 (See 42 U.S.C. 1395y(b)(8)) The CMS will…

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CMS Town Hall Teleconference Call Summary November 22, 2011 The most recent Town Hall Teleconference was hosted by the Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Wednesday, November 16, 2011. Areas of technical concern…

  Hinsinger v. Showboat Atlantic City, 420 N.J. Super. 15, 18 A.3d 229 (N.J. Super Ct. Law Div. 2011) In Hinsinger, the New Jersey court applied the same standard to Medicare set asides created with money obtained from third-party liability…

ArvinMeritor, Inc. v. Clifton Johnson, 331 S.W.3d 267 (Ala. Civ. App. Feb 25, 2011) Can a court unilaterally modify or supplement the essential terms of a workers’ compensation settlement agreement that has been incorporated into a judgment?  In ArvinMeritor, the…