http://www.vp-medical.com/wordpress/2009/11/liability-medicare-set-aside-msa/ Men at work! Blog is under renovation for today. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:34:24 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.vp-medical.com/wordpress/2009/11/liability-medicare-set-aside-msa/comment-page-1/#comment-1137 admin Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:58:51 +0000 http://www.vp-medical.com/wordpress/?p=1706#comment-1137 I certainly agree. After the AAJ made their statement, most liability cases that I was on opted not to do anything. While it is clear that an MSA is not NECESSARY, protecting Medicare's interest as per the Medicare as Secondary Payor act IS NECESSARY. I certainly agree. After the AAJ made their statement, most liability cases that I was on opted not to do anything. While it is clear that an MSA is not NECESSARY, protecting Medicare’s interest as per the Medicare as Secondary Payor act IS NECESSARY.

]]> http://www.vp-medical.com/wordpress/2009/11/liability-medicare-set-aside-msa/comment-page-1/#comment-1136 DonRyan Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:29:40 +0000 http://www.vp-medical.com/wordpress/?p=1706#comment-1136 We have found that more and more of our plaintiff clients are requesting MSAs (whether or not they submit them to CMS) in order to "account for Medicare's interests" in these cases. I think to not have an MSA, especially in a high dollar liability case with significant future medical needs, is a risky proposition. We have found that more and more of our plaintiff clients are requesting MSAs (whether or not they submit them to CMS) in order to “account for Medicare's interests” in these cases. I think to not have an MSA, especially in a high dollar liability case with significant future medical needs, is a risky proposition.

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