More changes are in the works regarding Medicare secondary payer rules and workers’ compensation.

A federal district court in Louisiana finally has put Liability Medicare Set-Asides on the map. In Big R Towing, Inc. v. Benoit, in order to take Medicare’s interest into account in this Jones Act liability case, David Wayne Benoit must set aside $52,500 from the settlement proceeds for payment of...

Chalk up another win for corporations, insurance carriers, and attorneys against the federal government.

Under the Medicare Secondary Payer Act, Medicare is always secondary to workers' compensation and other insurance such as no-fault and liability insurance.

Since 2001, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has been publishing policy memorandums explaining the details of Medicare compliance when settling future medical benefits in a liability, self-insured, no-fault, and workers' comp scenario.