Lawyers who handle worker´s compensation or personal injury matters should periodically review their settlement procedures, including settlement content, to ensure compliance with Medicare reimbursement policies.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services CMS extended timeline for publishing Medicare Secondary Payer and Certain Civil Monetary Penalties final rule by a year, stating that it experienced delays related to the need for additional, time-consuming data analysis.
On February 18, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) extended the timeline for publishing the Medicare Secondary Payer and Certain Civil Monetary Penalties final.
The Eleventh Circuit ruled on Wednesday that the Medicare Secondary Payer Act does not preempt insurance policy time limits on claims or the presuit notice requirement in Florida's personal injury protection statute, in a decision that ends the bid of assignees of Medicare Advantage organizations to recover medical costs from primary payers in a slip-and-fall case and two car crashes.
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