Pursuant to Section 16.0 of the Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set Aside (WCMSA) Reference Guide, Version 2.8, October 1, 2018, COBR-Q4-2018-v2.8, CMS will conduct a Re-Review of a prior WCMSA determination in certain circumstances. Specifically, CMS will complete this process in cases involving a mistake in the allocation; mathematical error; or when there is missing documentation […]
With the transition to the new Workers’ Compensation Review Contractor (WCRC), the industry is seeing many changes in the Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside (WCMSA) review process. One of the biggest changes has been the shift from excluding Lyrica from the WCMSA when it is being prescribed for an off-label use to the inclusion of this […]
On October 1, 2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the latest version of the WCMSA Reference Guide, COBR-Q4-2018-v2.8. The Guide includes updates regarding the discontinuation of Social Security numbers as a Medicare identifier; a link to the applicable CDC Life Table; and further illustrations for determining the jurisdiction and pricing methods […]
On 4/16/2018, the United States District Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled that a workers’ compensation carrier did not have to reimburse an injured worker or attendant care provider for double the amount of payments of medical expenses made by Medicare under the MSP. Gucwa v. Lawley, 2018 U.S. App. Lexis 9428 (4/16/2018, […]
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