Medicare Secondary Payer Act: Protecting Medicare's Interest in Insurance Settlements

• Overview
• Credits

Learn the common problems and compliance issues employers face with Medicare Secondary Payer compliance and how to handle them.The landscape of effective Medicare Secondary Payer compliance is changing. Now is the time for attorneys and other interested stakeholders to pay attention. This not only includes those handling workers' compensation claims but other injury-related cases as well. This course will help you better understand the changing terrain of Medicare compliance and assist your clients in avoiding mistakes that can result in loss of benefits or other adverse actions.

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Agenda

Medicare Secondary Payer: Back to the Basics

• Understanding Medicare Entitlement

• What Is the Medicare Secondary Payer Act?

• MSP Act: Origins of Enforcement in WC

Medicare's Past Interests - Conditional Payments

• WCMAs and the Voluntary Review and Approval Process

• LMSAs: Fact vs. Fiction

• Successfully Using an MSA in Your Injury Case

• Other Options?

Medicare's Future Interests - WCMSAs, LMSAs, and More

• Discussing the Issue of an MSA at the Time of Settlement

• Thinking of the MSA as a Contract

• Dealing With Settlement Delays and MSAs

• Educating Yourself and Others

Avoiding Common Medicare Secondary Payer Pitfalls

• Discussing Medicare at the Time of Settlement

• Thinking of the MSA as a Contract

• Dealing With Settlement Delays and MSAs

• Educating Yourself and Others