Medicare Set-Aside, Workers’ Compensation, Medical Case Management
A recent study by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found that many seniors are not choosing the lowest-cost plan appropriate for their situation. The study, to be published in August 2009, finds that the abundance of decisions becomes too complex to navigate.
On May 21, 2009, Rep. Tanner (D-TN) once again introduced legislation to amend the Medicare Secondary Payer legislation. The proposed legislation, H.R. 2641 (titled the Medicare Secondary Payer and Workers’ Compensation Settlement Agreements Act of 2009), is very similar to H.R. 2549, which was proposed in 2008. However, H.R. 2641 contains several important differences:
