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U.S. District Court Dismisses Action Against CMS Due to Lack of Subject-Matter Jurisdiction
In Country Mutual Insurance Company v. Decker, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 115281 (July 11, 2018), the United States District Court for the...
Melisa Zwilling
Jul 31, 2018


State Court Vacates Settlement due to Error Regarding Medicare Conditional Payment Claims
In Mayo v. NYU Langone Medical Center, a New York state court vacated a settlement agreement (“the Agreement”), finding that a mutual...
Melisa Zwilling
Apr 12, 2018


11th Circuit District Court: MAO Action Against Treatment Provider Under PCOA Provision of MSP May P
A U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida recently held that a Medicare Advantage Organization (MAO) may bring an action...
Melisa Zwilling
Mar 29, 2018


CMS Releases New Re-Review Option for WCMSAs
On July 10, 2017, CMS issued an updated Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-aside Portal (WCMSAP) User Guide which includes an expanded...
Melisa Zwilling
Jul 19, 2017


New Developments In The Case Of CIGA v. Burwell
In January 2017, we posted an article concerning a recent case, Cali. Ins. Guar. Ass’n v. Burwell, No. 2:15-cv-01113-ODW (FFMx), 2017...
Melisa Zwilling
May 23, 2017


U.S. District Court Again Relies on Eleventh Circuit Decisions And Allows Medicare Advantage Organiz
In the recent case, Mspa v. Century Sur. Co., No. 16-20752, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 37040 (U.S. Dist. S.D. Fla., March 15, 2017), the...
Melisa Zwilling
Mar 31, 2017


Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board Enforces Terms of Original Settlement Giving Defendant the Sole O
In Scheaffer v. Workers’ Comp. Appeal Bd. Std. Steel, 2017 Pa. Commw. Unpub. LEXIS 103 (February 14, 2017), Mark Scheaffer (Scheaffer)...
Melisa Zwilling
Mar 15, 2017


CMS Alert—Beneficial Changes Expected For CMS Re-review Process
CMS recently issued an alert stating that it expects to expand the existing WCMSA re-review process. This potential expansion will...
Melisa Zwilling
Jan 26, 2017


ALERT: District Court Finds CMS Erred in Requiring Carrier to Reimburse Entire Provider Charge Rathe
It is a familiar story for many insurance carriers and self-insured employers—Medicare has asserted a number of conditional payment...
Melisa Zwilling
Jan 26, 2017


Fighting For You - CMS Alert
CMS recently indicated that changes had been made to its review of MSA proposals involving denied injuries. These changes could have...
Melisa Zwilling
Nov 1, 2016
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