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Tag: Medicare Compliance

Future Medical Cost Projections: A Valuable Tool for Settlement Negotiations

Feb 16, 2025
By: Gregory Lisowski of MSA Services, LLC Anyone who handles personal injury or workers’ compensation cases knows that future medical costs have a direct and significant impact on the overall...

The Deadline for Section 111 Reporting of WCMSA Amounts is Quickly Approaching

Feb 2, 2025
By: Gregory F. Lisowski of MSA Services, LLC On February 23, 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that Section 111 reporting must now include data on...

Important Updates in the Use of Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set Aside Arrangements

Jan 22, 2025
By: Gregory F. Lisowski, MSA Services, LLC Date: January 22, 2025 CMS recently outlined several new changes in the Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set Aside Arrangement review process. On January 17,...

The Importance of Drafting Social Security Offset Proration Language in Your Workers’ Compensation Settlement Documents

Mar 6, 2023
Author:  Gregory Lisowski – Chief Legal Counsel MSA Services, LLC Workers’ compensation and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits are two important sources of income for individuals who have suffered...

What Can a Practitioner Expect from the CMS Review Process?

Jan 4, 2023
The first step in getting a Medicare set aside (MSA) approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is to consult with a qualified MSA professional, such as...

The Top 5 Reasons CMS Will Issue a Development Request

Jan 4, 2022
Nothing is more frustrating than reaching a workers’ compensation settlement only to have it delayed by weeks or months due to problems with the Medicare Set Aside (MSA) submission. One...

MSA Services Now Offers Mediation Services for Workers’ Compensation Claims

Oct 26, 2021
Gregory Lisowski who is the managing partner and chief legal counsel at MSA Services, LLC is now available to mediate complex workers’ compensation claims. Attorney Lisowski is not only a...

CMS Must Now Share Medicare Advantage and Part D Info as Part of the “PAID Act”

Dec 15, 2020
President Trump just signed the PAID Act into law, as part of the “Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021, and Other Extensions Act.” This Act now requires Medicare to share Medicare...

Future Medical Cost Projections for Settlement Demands

Feb 12, 2020
Did you know that in addition to doing Medicare Set-Asides and conditional payment searches, MSA Services, LLC also performs future medical cost projections for workers’ compensation and liability cases? For...

Will CMS Re-Review an Approved MSA?

Jan 21, 2020
Here is the latest content from our YouTube channel addressing the issue of re-review and amended review of an approved MSA. https://binged.it/2RcV4tu