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Find Solutions & Strategies January 13, 2014 |
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 Medicare Secondary Payer: Litigation Strategies & 2013 in Review |
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New! 2013 Edition
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Dear Work Comp Community:
This week's issue spotlights Medicare Secondary Payer litigation trends and the year in review.
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Robin E. Kobayashi, JD
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my big fat annual conference: msp litigation strategies to manage some very risky business |
Karen C. Yotis, Esq., our Feature Resident Columnist, provides insights into workplace issues and the nuts and bolts of the workers' comp world.
 Although not many could see their far-reaching impact when the Medicare Secondary Payer Act's reporting requirements first arrived on the regulatory scene in 2010, there were a few prescient individuals in the workers' compensation industry who understood the nature of the new beast. The folks in charge of planning the annual National Workers' Compensation and Disability Conference & Expo recognized that something important had occurred...read more.
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msp law: 2013 in review |
Jennifer C. Jordan, Esq., is General Counsel at MEDVAL, LLC and Editor-in-Chief of The Complete Guide to Medicare Secondary Payer Compliance (LexisNexis).
 I have come to realize that there are no easy solutions for the MSP pr oblems we face in claims because the MSP is not the problem. Our MSP issues are collateral damage of more systemic societal problems we face as a nation. We clearly do not know how to treat chronic pain properly and instead have essentially let workers' compensation legalize drug addiction, which increases claim costs that get projected out into the future....read more.
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larson's spotlight on recent cases |
 Thomas A. Robinson, J.D., our Feature National Columnist, is a leading commentator and expert on the law of workers' compensation.
Pennsylvania: Attendant Care-Providing Mother's Injuries at Hands of Knife-Wielding Son Are Compensable. In a split decision involving bizarre circumstances, a Pennsylvania appellate court held that a woman employed under a state-funded program to provide attendant care services at her residence for her adult son, and who was brutally attacked by the knife-wielding son while she slept, may recover workers' compensation benefits for her injuries. Read more.
North Carolina: Inmate-Barber's Tort Claim Related to Assault by Fellow Prisoner Is Barred By Exclusivity. Read more.
Illinois: Increased Risk of Injury May Be Either "Qualitatively" or "Quantitatively" Shown. Read more.
Federal: Bed and Breakfast Owner Guilty of Insurance Fraud for Failing to Disclose Farm Operation Associated With His Inn. Read more. |
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| lexisnexis legal newsroom blogs |
 Vermont Workers' Comp Update: Oct.-Dec. 2013, by Keith J. Kasper, Esq. Read it.
 New CWCI Study Looks at California's Workers' Comp Medical Dispute Resolution. Read it.
 Are Chronic Pain Syndromes and Drug Dependency Ratable Under the AMA Guides? If So, How? by Robert G. Rassp, Esq. Read it.
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ENEWSLETTER ARCHIVES |
 Take a deep dive into our past eNewsletters for 2014 and prior...warning - some links to articles may not work...report any linking problems to Robin.E.Kobayashi@lexisnexis.com.
January 6, 2014: The Top 10 Bizarre Workers' Comp Cases 2013.
December 16, 2013: Opioids and Workers' Comp Survey.
December 9, 2013: 2013 Top Blogs for Workers' Compensation.
December 2, 2013: Evidence-Based Medicine Can Be Hazardous to Your Health.
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