When employers settle worker’s compensation claims with Medicare beneficiaries, federal law requires them to consider Medicare’s potential interests. This may mean obtaining a Medicare Set-Aside (MSA) ...

February 15, 2024 - The objective of every workers' compensation system is to provide an injured worker with reasonable and necessary medical care and wage replacement while they recover from an ...

A workers’ compensation judge has the discretion to require live testimony from a petitioner as a condition for approval of a Section 20 settlement. The New Jersey Appellate Division defers to a judge ...

Luann Jenkins, CPC, CPMA, CEMC, CFPC, recently addressed a Medicare denial that occurs when CMS has been involved in the settlement of a Workers’ Compensation case, according to an AAPC release. PR ...

Workman’s compensation is a type of insurance that employers are required to have to protect their employees in the event of a work-related injury or illness. It covers medical expenses, lost wages, ...

A man who was injured falling from a ladder has reached a $4.25 million workers' compensation settlement more than five years after the accident. Lorenzo Cortez, now 44, was painting a house in ...

Each and every state has a guideline set in place to protect workers, in the event that they are involved in any kind of workplace injury. Employers are required by law to provide their employees with ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...