As of April 1, 2020, submissions of Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Asides (WCMSAs) must include CMS’s revised Consent to Release form.  The form indicates that the need and process for the WCMSA have been explained to the injured worker, and that…

Our Chief Compliance Officer Dan Anders’ blog post on the huge price drop of Meloxicam prompted a WorkCompCentral article, quoting Dan.  Previously priced at $4.25 per pill for 15 milligrams, it’s now 5 cents per pill.  Over a 20-year life…

New York Workers’ Compensation Board recently issued a bulletin indicating it will not approve settlements requiring injured workers to indemnify or hold insurers harmless if Medicare demands future reimbursements. Tower’s Chief Compliance Officer Dan Anders said the board may be…

Cybersecurity is a hot topic and a major threat to all businesses and organizations – especially those handling personal health data.  Risk & Insurance’s Courtney DuChene covers the threat in detail, including data from Tower MSA Partners’ cybersecurity webinar and…

Business Insurance’s Angela Childers examined CMS’s proposed rules for Section 111 Mandatory Insurer Reporting penalties in this Feb. 26 article.  She quoted Tower’s Chief Compliance Officer Dan Anders on the severity of the possible $1,000 per-day-per-claim penalty for not reporting…

Many businesses don’t think a data breach will happen to them; small businesses especially assume they’re too small to attack. However, Tower’s Feb. 19 cybersecurity webinar featured a survey that showed that 11% of very small businesses and 44% of…

WCI notified Tower MSA Partners that our proposal on Managing CAT Claims was accepted for the National Trends track at the 2020 conference (August 16-19).  The session will present strategies for managing and settling complicated, high-cost catastrophic claims.  Using case…

The National Alliance of Medicare Set-Aside Professionals (NAMSAP) has announced its 2020 Board of Directors, including our Chief Compliance Officer Dan Anders, who was elected by the board as Vice President. Dan will work closely with NAMSAP President Ciara Koba…

The Tennessee Bureau of Worker’ Compensation recently published the “30-Minute Guide to Medical Treatment after Settlement.”  Tower’s Chief Compliance Officer Dan Anders was a significant contributor to the guide, along with Ametros’ Dorothy Holland and Humana’s Brian Bargender, CRSP.  An…

DELRAY BEACH, Fla.–As part of its commitment to continually enhance its technology, improve data security and combat cyber threats, Tower MSA Partners, which provides Medicare Secondary Payer services to the workers’ compensation and liability industries, has entered a partnership agreement…