The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will be implementing a new and simple fixed percentage option that will be available to certain beneficiaries beginning November 7, 2011. This option is available to beneficiaries who receive certain types of liability…

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, October 17, 2011 Jeff Sadosky (Portman) | 202-224-5190 Jennifer Hoelzer (Wyden) | 202-224-3789 Jake Thompson (Nelson) | 202-224-8795 David Ward (Burr) | 202-228-1616 Wyden, Portman Lead Effort to Make Medicare Secondary Payer Program More Efficient,…

October 4, 2011 The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has recently published its 2007 United States Life Tables. Effective October 31, 2011, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will begin referencing the CDC’s Table 1: Life table for…

October 4, 2011 The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has recently published its 2007 United States Life Tables. Effective October 31, 2011, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will begin referencing the CDC’s Table 1: Life table for…

ArvinMeritor, Inc. v. Clifton Johnson, 331 S.W.3d 267 (Ala. Civ. App. Feb 25, 2011) Can a court unilaterally modify or supplement the essential terms of a workers’ compensation settlement agreement that has been incorporated into a judgment?  In ArvinMeritor, the…