Medicare Set-Asides
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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...
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CMS Withdraws Future Medicals Proposed Rule
by B. Smith The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) posted a notice on its website yesterday that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has formally withdrawn the...
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CMS Issues WCMSA Reference Guide Version 3.7
Recently, CMS issued Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside Arrangement (WCMSA) Reference Guide Version 3.7. CMS updated Section 10.3 with a new link to the CDC Life Table. IMPAXX shared the news that...
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New WCMSA Reference Guide Provides Much Needed Clarification On Section 4.3
By B. Smith On March 21, 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a new Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside (WCMSA) Reference Guide, Version 3.6. The update to...