The AAJ Announced CMS New MSP Guidelines
Posted September 20, 2011 in MSP ComplianceThe AAJ sent out an announcement today to members about forthcoming guidance from CMS regarding MSP issues.
The AAJ sent out an announcement today to members about forthcoming guidance from CMS regarding MSP issues.
The MSPRC issues a new alert indicating a $300 low dollar threshold for condtional payment recovery.
A United States District Court in Louisiana cites the Sally Stalcup Region 6 Liability Medicare Set Aside Memo as authority in its order. This case is a shining example of the massive confusion over...
On June 27th, Medicare formally resumed issuing demand letters after it halted issuance in response apparently to the Haro v. Sebelius decision. I will summarize what is new in the demand letter.
While there is no apparent legislative fix to the Medicare Set Aside conundrum, there are legislative efforts underway with regard to conditional payments with the SMART Act (H.R. 1063). As a follow...
In Wilson v. State Farm Mutual, a Kentucky federal district court found there was no bad faith where the insurer refused to pay a settlement until Medicare made a determination on the amount of the...
CMS Region 6 issued a memorandum on liability Medicare set asides (“LMSA”) which has some useful information but has limited application outside of Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Louisiana and...
The House Energy and Commerce Committee met on 6/22 in response to the SMART Act (reform of the MSP). The purpose of the meeting was to take testimony and to discuss the problems with Medicare’s...
The MSPRC’s new RAR letters offers little change, but definitely was altered due to the Haro case in AZ.
In Hinsinger, a New Jersey trial court found that a Medicare Set Aside established in a liability case should be reduced by procurement costs with plaintiff counsel being allowed to get his fees based...