Category: Medicare Set Asides
                                        
                                
                                    
                                    Posted November 20, 2010 in Jason D. Lazarus, J.D., LL.M., MSCC Medicare, Medicare Secondary Payer Act, Medicare Set Asides, MSP Compliance
                                 
                                Where does "consider Medicare's futuer interest" come from and what does it mean?  Read on if you want to know . . . .
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                                How do you deal with a liability Medicare set aside allocation that exceeds the client’s net settlement proceeds?  One approach would be to use an Ahlborn type of formula to reduce the set aside...
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                                In Finke, a federal district court held that a liability Medicare set aside was not necessary where the client was covered by a group health plan that was primary.
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                                There is much confusion these days by liability insurers and defense counsel regarding when an MSA is necessary.  I thought it might make sense to discuss when they are definitely not necessary.
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                                    Posted July 28, 2010 in Jason D. Lazarus, J.D., LL.M. Medicare Set Asides
                                 
                                CMS is routinely NOT reviewing proposed Liability Medicare Set Asides
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                                HR 2641 addresses some of the problems with Workers' Compensation Medicare Set Asides (WCMSA) but it fails to address Liability Medicare Set Asides (LMSA). 
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                                    Posted March 16, 2010 in  Medicare Set Asides
                                 
                                MMSEA TownHall Conference Call Addresses LMSAs
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