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It appears that Congress has made some more revisions to the Medicare Secondary Payer Statute that will affect the handling of worker's compensation claims in Iowa and throughout the country. Starting in July 1, 2009, workers' compensation carriers and self-insured employers are going to be obligated to "identify" claimants within the workers' compensation process that are entiteld to benefits under Medicare and to report those claims to Medicare's representatives. For a more comprehensive explanation of the new requirements, I encourage you to read an article posted by Mark Popolizio, J.D. with NuQuest Bridge Pointe, a leading source on Medicare Set Aside issues.
Though this appears to be yet another regulatory obligation that will be imposed upon workers' compensation carriers, this appear to be an important issue for carriers to address. Failure to comply with this new directive will subject a carrier ("primary payor") to a civil penalty of $1,000 for each day of non-complaince with respect to each claimant. Yikes!
Posted by William H. Grell on January 18, 2008 1:28 PM
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