NAMSAP ISSUES SPECIAL MEDICARE SET-ASIDE BULLETIN REGARDING THIRD-PARTY LIABILITY SETTLEMENTS

-BATON ROUGE, LA  (Wed, September 19, 2018).  On August 8, 2018 the National Alliance of Medicare Set-Aside Professionals (NAMSAP) in Baton Rouge issued an alert to members regarding an informal discussion they had with the CMS regarding a potential LMSA review process in third-party liability settlements.  Today, NAMSAP issued a clarification bulletin advising that [1]: In […]

THE $64,000 QUESTION IN THIRD-PARTY LIABILITY SETTLEMENTS: TO MSA OR NOT TO MSA?

INTRODUCTION Medicare enrollment and spending should double within the next 15 years.[2] Over the long-term, Medicare faces staggering deficits due to rising health care costs, increasing enrollment, and a declining American work force – Medicare’s primary source of income.[3] As of 2016, the Medicare Trustees “recommend that Congress and the executive branch work closely together with a […]