MEDICARE SET-ASIDES (MSA), LIFE CARE PLANS, FUTURE TREATMENT PLANS AND WORKERS’ COMPENSATION: WORKERS’ COMPENSATION, COMPROMISE AND RELEASE SETTLEMENTS, AND MEDICARE: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Posted on August 26, 2020
There are many Injured Workers who are on Medicare or are considered as Medicare-Eligible. Many of these Injured Workers wish to settle their workers’ compensation cases via a “Compromise and Release” settlement. This type of a settlement is generally considered as a “buy out” of the claims and as a “buy out” of the Injured Workers entitlement to “lifetime medical” care paid for by the workers’ compensation insurance. In these circumstances, Medicare’s interests need to be addressed when there is a settlement. Medicare Set-Asides is the means upon which the interests...
