CMS Issues Updated Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside Arrangement Reference Guide
On November 6, 2013 CMS released version 2.0 of its previously published Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside Arrangement (WCMSA) Reference Guide.
The changes consist primarily of additions discussed at the 4/11/2013 WCRC Town Hall presentation and its previously published redacted Operating Rules of 4/22/2010. This attempt to be more transparent about the review methodology of WCMSAs is presented in summary here
How to be a Good Legal Negotiator
Ringler Radio, host Larry Cohen along with colleague, Bill Wright, and special guest Professor Seth Freeman, J.D., a highly-rated professor of negotiation and conflict management at NYU’s Stern School of Business and at Columbia University, discuss negotiation tactics, in particular the art of skilled legal negotiating, along with observations and advice to attorneys when it comes to preparation. Listen to Podcast
Congratulations to Broadspire’s Danielle Lisenbey, Named One of Business Insurance’s 2013 Women to Watch
There are women insurance leaders inside and outside Broadspire Services Inc. whose careers Danielle Lisenbey has helped foster and grow as she rose through the third-party administrator’s ranks. Ms. Lisenbey was named Broadspire’s CEO in 2012, becoming the first female member of parent Crawford & Co.’s global executive team in the company’s 72-year history. Read more…
The Top 10 Bizarre Workers’ Comp Cases for 2013
From LexisNexis
“During the past several Januarys, I’ve shared with readers my annual list of bizarre workers’ compensation cases for the prior year. In doing so, I reenact, in part, a tradition that my mentor, Arthur Larson, and I shared prior to his death some years ago. Each January, Arthur and I would meet in Arthur’s home on Learned Place, near Duke University’s campus and review our respective lists of unusual or bizarre workers’ compensation cases reported during the previous 12 months. Often our respective lists would overlap a bit, but he’d always have several with truly quirky fact patterns that I had missed.“ Read more…
Work Hardening Bridges Gap Between Unable & Able To Work
Injured employees who are off work for a significant amount of time are often out of physical shape and are not physically ready to return to work when they have reached their maximum medical improvement. Work hardening, which is performed by physical therapists, is designed to assist the injured employee to regain the capability of performing the tasks of his/her prior job. A work hardening program, when needed, will be requested by the medical provider who has been providing the employee’s medical care. Read more…
Author Michael B. Stack, CPA, Principal, Amaxx Risk Solutions, Inc. is an expert in employer communication systems and part of the Amaxx team helping companies reduce their workers compensation costs by 20% to 50%. He is a writer, speaker, and website publisher. www.reduceyourworkerscomp.com. Contact: mstack@reduceyourworkerscomp.com.
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