It is often said that things in life (good or bad) happen in threes. Whether this is true is beyond this author’s expertise. However, when it comes to Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Asides (WCMSAs), the financial arrangements to ensure that Medicare does not pay for future medical expenses that should be covered by workers’ comp settlements, this concept is alive and well this year. Specifically, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the federal agency that oversees Medicare, recently implemented three new WCMSA policies directly impacting workers’ comp claims handling and settlement practices.
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