Premier Webinar: Amended Review MSA Provides Second Bite at the Apple

CMS now allows any previously approved MSA to have a one-time Amended Review.  This means that CMS will consider a new MSA submission that may be lower or higher than the previously approved MSA. Essentially, it is a second bite at the apple for old MSAs that, for whatever reason–they were too high, or the injured worker was not ready to settle–weren’t utilized for settlement.

Tower is pleased to feature our Chief Compliance Officer, Dan Anders, who on Wednesday, October 4, at 2:00 PM ET, will address the following topics:

  • Criteria for an Amended Review MSA
  • Is an Amended Review MSA required?
  • Documentation to support an Amended Review MSA
  • Examples of Amended Review MSA submissions

Besides Amended Review MSAs, the webinar will also consider how MSA Re-Reviews can reduce MSA amount resulting from CMS counter-highers.

A Q&A session will follow the presentation, and you can provide questions when you register. Please click the link below and register today!

Please note there is no CEU credit offered for this webinar.

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Premier Webinar: Easy MSA Cost Savings Through Structured Settlements

May 18, 2023

Tower MSA Partners webinar on structured settlements for Medicare Set-Asides cost savings and compliance.

One of the easiest ways to lower the settlement cost is through a structured Medicare Set-Aside. Not only does this reduce the payer’s cost of funding the MSA, but it also provides the injured worker a consistent stream of funds for injury-related medical care over their lifetime.

 On June 7 at 2 pm (EDT) Tower will present an informative session on structured settlements for MSAs. Tower’s Chief Compliance Officer will moderate a special guest panel from Arcadia: Alisa Hofmann, Vice President – Workers’ Compensation and Medicare Practices and Lori Vaughn, Director of Arcadia Client Programs. This hour-long webinar will show how structured MSAs can benefit all stakeholders in a settlement – the injured party, Medicare and the insurance carrier or employer.

Attendees will learn:

  • How to work with a structured settlement provider to incorporate an MSA structure into settlement.
  • The methodology CMS uses to calculate a structured MSA.
  • Rules around converting a CMS-approved lump sum MSA into a structured MSA.
  • The role of a structured settlement broker pre-settlement, during settlement negotiations and post-settlement.

A Q&A session will follow the presentation, and you can provide questions you’d like to have answered when you register. Please click the link below and register today!

Please note that there is no CEU credit offered for this webinar.

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About Alisa Hofmann:

Alisa is the Vice President of Workers’ Compensation and Medicare Practices at Arcadia Settlements Group and currently works on the Business Development team. She has been handling and overseeing Workers’ Compensation claims for almost three decades with various national carriers.  Alisa obtained her BA in Organizational Communication at Otterbein University. She maintains her adjuster licensing in many states, also holds Life, Health, and Accident Licensing, and many Insurance Accreditations. Alisa has been an active member of the National Structured Settlement Trade Association since 2019, and a member of The MSP Network where she serves on the Professional Administration and Structure-Education Committee.

About Lori Vaughn:

Lori Vaughn has 15+ years of experience in the structured settlement industry and currently oversees structured settlement programs for multiple workers’ compensation and private insurance carrier clients. She leads teams of consultants, case managers, and corporate employees, and is the primary point of contact for the corporate management team for each client. Lori obtained her BS in Kinesiology from California State University, Fresno, and her MS in Kinesiology from California Baptist University. She holds her Life, Health, and Accident licenses in many states and is a member of the National Structured Settlements Trade Association.

MSA Webinar | Specialty Issues in Medicare Set-Asides

July 5, 2022

Webinar Graphic | Tower MSA Partners MSA webinar on specialty Medicare Set-Aside issues

Not all Medicare Set-Asides (MSAs) are the same. There are specialty areas for unusual cases and many questions about these.

Topics Covered in the MSA Webinar

  • Criteria for successful $0 MSA approvals
  • Whether to include PQMEs, AMEs, IMEs in the MSA
  • Use of court orders to limit medical care in the MSA
  • When and how to use the MSA Amended Review process
  • Correct verbiage for treating physician statements

Practical Guidance for Claims Professionals & Attorneys

Claims professionals and attorneys often receive conflicting or unclear information around these topics and other matters that make not only working with the MSA but the whole settlement process, tricky.

Learn From Tower MSA Partners’ Chief Compliance Officer

Tower is pleased to feature our Chief Compliance Officer Dan Anders, who will share tricks of the trade at a webinar on Wednesday, July 20, at 2:00 PM ET. Dan has written and submitted thousands of MSAs to CMS for almost two decades. His unique knowledge is an asset for anyone who uses an MSA in a case settlement.

Register for the MSA Webinar

A Q&A session will follow the presentation, and you can provide questions at the time you register. Please click the link below and register today!

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