Question: We are settling a complicated claim involving a claimant’s lower back. Over the course of the claimant’s workers’ compensation claim they added a number of

Following an August Town Hall call that addressed workers’ compensation indemnity-only settlements, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) made significant

When Medicare conditional payment demands go unpaid, the debt is referred to the U.S. Department of Treasury for direct collection and offset. The Treasury Department’s

On Friday, August 21, 2020, the United States Department of Justice released notice it had reached a settlement with Angino Law Firm to accept almost $54,000 in

For the first time in several years, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services held a Section 111 NGHP Town Hall webinar. The webinar focused on common issues that

We continue to have falling opioid prices with the latest being the oxycodone formulations. While opioid volume and costs are on a downward trend in utilization, per

On July 13th the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released previously announced enhancements to the Medicare Secondary Payment Recovery Portal (MSPRP). The

Arecent Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) FlashReport[1] reviewed interstate variation and trends in workers’ compensation drug payments over three years

Nineteen months ago Medicare announced plans to introduce important new regulations concerning post-settlement medical care. This week Medicare updated the announcement