Emerging Issues in Medicare Secondary Payer Compliance
Mark Walls, VP Communications and Strategic Analysis at Safety National, moderated a panel discussing emerging issues in Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Compliance. The panelists were Kip Daniels of Nuquest/Bridgepoint, Roy Franco of Franco Signor, and Jennifer Jordan of Medval. The panel focused on three significant emerging issues: First, there is an attorney in California who is circulating a memo to employers in which he indicated that the current methods of funding MSAs for settlement is flawed. In this memo, he advocates settlement of claims by C&R with a stipulation that there is no injury. By doing this, he feels funding
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CCWC Conference’s Opening Session Debates SB 863
The CCWC Conference was July 16-19, 2014. The event was held at the Grand California Hotel on the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, CA. They indicated there were over 500 attendees and over 52 speakers at the conference. The opening session was a Legislative – Political update. The panelists were Paul Yoder and Jason Schmelzer from CCWC. The speakers indicated it was too early to determine the ultimate impact of SB 863 as much of that bill has not been fully implemented. They discussed some of the goals of SB 863 and whether those goals are being met. Specifically; Goal: Increased
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California Coalition on Workers Compensation (CCWC) Annual Conference
The CCWC Conference was July 16-19, 2014. The event was held at the Grand California Hotel on the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, CA. There were over 500 attendees and over 52 speakers at the conference. Safety National attended and presented at the event. Mark Walls from Safety National participated in the Bloggers Panel, State of the Industry session, and the MSP Compliance session. The conference web site can be viewed through this LINK