The Official Medicare Set Aside Blog and Information Resource


"This blog is designed to keep readers up to date on current Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services policy, including changes to the Code of Federal Regulations, Medicare Secondary Payer statute, and Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program Extension Act of 2007. It primarily focuses on the purpose and function of Medicare Set-Aside allocations for insurers and attorneys."

Author: Kate Lovelace is a lawyer by training and director of corporate communications in charge of marketing and sales at Highland, Md.-based MEDVAL, a limited liability company providing pre-settlement and post-settlement services for high exposure workers' compensation and liability claims that require Medicare's interests be protected.

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Recent Posts from The Official Medicare Set Aside Blog and Information Resource


  • Need a job? PMSI is hiring!

      And the best part is you do not need to be terribly qualified. You just need to have a GED, two years of work experience and only make mistakes in 20% of your cases…

  • To submit or not to submit

      Question by an attorney looking to do the right thing for her client:   This is a workers’ compensation claim involving full and final settlement for future medicals.  The MSA was prepared March 25,…

  • Bosserman Pontificates

      CMS employee Tom Bosserman of the San Francisco regional office, prolific clarifier of opaque Health and Human Services policy, had this to say regarding Medicare's recovery rights in a wrongful death action.   "If…

  • Medicare Cuts = patient hardships

    It appears that 2010 could certainly be a troubling year for many physicians, especially those whose practices are primarily directed to Medicare beneficiaries.    A scheduled 21% cut in Medicare reimbursement rates to physicians is looming…

  • Lorman Teleconference – October 21, 2009: Protecting Medicare’s Interests in Insurance Settlements

      Responses to Unanswered Questions       First, I would like to thank everyone who attended the teleconference today. With all the MSP changes that have occurred in the past year or so, it is a…

  • Lorman Teleconference – October 21, 2009: Protecting Medicare’s Interests in Insurance Settlements

      Responses to Unanswered Questions       First, I would like to thank everyone who attended the teleconference today. With all the MSP changes that have occurred in the past year or so, it is a…

  • Blog Round-up

    Here is an interesting little tidbit floating around the blogosphere from Attorney Andy Hook. This sounds like a plausible response by a CMS employee but one that contradicts the carefully crafted non-statements CMS has become…

  • Professional Administration

    Question from the NAMSAP listserv:   Can someone please tell me, or site reference guide, if CMS requires/recommends professional custodial administration for clients with accepted mild traumatic brain injury---thank you   Answer from a "professional"…

  • CMS teleconference 9.29.09- Secure Internet Web-based Portal for WCMSA submissions

          CMS updated the insurance industry on their MMSEA Section 111 reporting requirement today. MEDVAL was in attendance and has provided a summary of the call for your convenience:   On this date,…

  • We feel your pain...

    Sometimes, as we selfishly dwell on our own hardships, we forget about those that are really suffering, namely Harvard Law Students.  Debra Weiss of the ABA Journal chronicles their pain. While I understand the need…