Medicare Set-Asides
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CMS Releases WCMSA Self-Administration Toolkit Version 1.4
by B. Smith On July 3, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released an updated Self-Administration Toolkit for Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside Arrangements (WCMSAs), version 1.4. Below...
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Are You Taking Advantage of CMS’ New Amended Review Thresholds?
by M. Heberling We recently noted in our blog that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the newest version of the Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside Arrangement (WCMSA)...
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CMS Releases New WCMSA Reference Guide Version 3.9
by B. Smith On May 15, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an updated Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside Arrangement (WCMSA) User Guide version 3.9, which contains...
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CMS to Begin Using 2020 Life Table
Starting April 29, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will begin using the Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) “Table 1: Life Table for the total population:...
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Is CMS Still Approving Zero Waiver MSAs?
by D. Dietz For our final knowledge series webinar on Medicare Secondary Payer Compliance, we discussed whether CMS is still approving Zero Waiver MSAs as well as Medical Zero MSAs....
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To Submit or Not Submit: Exploring Facts Around Non Submit MSAs
Yesterday, as part of our complimentary knowledge series of webinars on Medicare Secondary Payer Compliance, we discussed the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) submission process and the...
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CMS Issues New WCMSA Reference Guide Version 3.8
By B. Smith Yesterday, CMS released version 3.8 of their Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside Arrangement (WCMSA) Reference Guide, which now includes an additional Re-Review option when the parties wish to...
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Medicare Set-Aside Statistics 2020-2022 Continue to Show Increase in Submitted MSA Amounts
by B. Smith This week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2020-2022 fiscal year statistics for Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Asides (WCMSAs) that have been submitted to...
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CMS Now Consistently Requesting Expense Payment Histories
by J. Mislanovich The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) WCMSA Reference Guide has always indicated that an all-inclusive payment history (including medical, indemnity, and expenses) is to be...