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Workers’ Compensation Settlement and Medicare Set-Asides

By Ramos Law Firm / December 25, 2008 / Comments Off on Workers’ Compensation Settlement and Medicare Set-Asides

Developing a Medicare Set-Aside makes it easy for insurers to consider Medicare’s interests during workers’ compensation negotiations. Federal law requires that employers, group health plans, and insurance companies, consider the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) interests during the settlement of workers’ compensation claims. There are several ways the parties may consider CMS’s interests

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The SCHIP Extension Act – Changing How Insurers Do Business

By Ramos Law Firm / November 17, 2008 / Comments Off on The SCHIP Extension Act – Changing How Insurers Do Business

Workers’ compensation insurers will have to change the way they do business, starting July 1, 2009. On this date, the SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 will take effect, forcing

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Benefits of Settling a Claim when the SITF is Involved…

By Ramos Law Firm / November 13, 2008 / Comments Off on Benefits of Settling a Claim when the SITF is Involved…

Settlement may occur prior to OR following SITF acceptance of a claim. In the case where a claim is settled prior to SITF acceptance, SITF does not consider itself a party to the agreement and is not subject to its provisions. When settlement negotiations are initiated during the evaluation process, SITF must be notified by…

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