Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-aside Portal   November 18, 2011 The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has completed its Pilot Testing of the Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-aside Portal (WCMSAP). The CMS will be conducting a Town Hall conference call…

CMS Town Hall Teleconference Call Summary November 22, 2011 The most recent Town Hall Teleconference was hosted by the Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Wednesday, November 16, 2011. Areas of technical concern…

A recent study by NCCI Holdings, Inc. reports the top 10 most popular drugs prescribed for workers’ compensation claims. 1. OXYCONTIN® 2. LIDODERM® 3. HYDROCODONE-ACETAMINOPHEN 4. LYRICA® 5. CELEBREX® 6. GABAPENTIN 7. SKELAXIN® 8. CYMBALTA® 9. MELOXICAM 10. CYCLOBENZAPRINE HCL…

  Hinsinger v. Showboat Atlantic City, 420 N.J. Super. 15, 18 A.3d 229 (N.J. Super Ct. Law Div. 2011) In Hinsinger, the New Jersey court applied the same standard to Medicare set asides created with money obtained from third-party liability…