In a recent post on its website, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) acknowledged …
CMS Statement on Opioids and WCMSAs Provides Little Clarity as to Future Review PracticesRead More
In a recent post on its website, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) acknowledged …
CMS Statement on Opioids and WCMSAs Provides Little Clarity as to Future Review PracticesRead More
The workers’ compensation industry’s efforts to reduce unnecessary opioid use doesn’t seem to have …
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Benjamin Franklin must have been contemplating Medicare Advantage Plan reimbursement when he …
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It’s been characterized as “almost unintelligible to the uninitiated,” and it’s about to further …
Medicare Secondary Payer compliance has created several challenges for interested stakeholders in …
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Earlier this month the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a revised Workers’ …
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While the Commercial Repayment Center (CRC) has faced some valid criticism over the course of the …
While there may be no second chances in life, there is now a second chance for CMS review and …
While the Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside (WCMSA) review process remains voluntary, it is …
Case Study: 60% MSA Savings From CMS Re-Review ProcessRead More
There are many barriers to settling workers’ compensation cases that have placed a significant …
In October 2016, CMS made an unannounced policy change which effectively eliminated the ability to …
Denied Claim Zero MSAs: Still Available, But Put Through Wringer by CMSRead More
The rising costs of workers’ compensation come in many different forms. One such way members of …
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While the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has yet to formally issue a policy …
CMS Provides Another Piece of the Puzzle on Future LMSA PolicyRead More
These first few of months of 2017 have been, to put it mildly, volatile in national politics. The …
Published originally on February 6, 2017 on WorkComp Wire As discussed in last week’s …
Published originally on January 30, 2017 - WorkCompWire By Dan Anders, Chief …
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We are not even a week into 2017, but already have news to share regarding Medicare’s planned …
CMS MSA Review Expansion to Liability Planned for 2018Read More
For those of us who deal with MSAs, it’s all too common to see claims at settlement time that …
Christmas Miracles Can Happen in Workers’ CompensationRead More
Prescription drug costs represent both a source of national attention and a major cost driver of …
Use Non-Therapeutic Pharmacy Changes to Reduce Your MSA CostsRead More
Rita Wilson, CEO, Tower MSA Partners ... on using evidence based medicine in the MSA review …
Using Evidence Based Medicine In The MSA Review ProcessRead More