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Ask Annie: MSAs and the “You Break It, You Buy It” Policy
Question: We are trying to settle a workers’ compensation claim with a Medicare beneficiary for $50,000. The claimant sustained an admitted right shoulder injury. He

CMS Announces Section 111 Technical Updates
On Thursday, January 21, 2021 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released an updated Section 111 NGHP User Guide (back-dated to January 11,

MSA Risk and Reward: Examining “Non-Threshold” Settlements
Here is a sneak peek into this week’s webinar topic. Register here if you haven’t already. First, what is a “Threshold” Settlement? Let’s examine

Sertraline (Zoloft®) Price Cut
With the start of a new year, we typically see price hikes but that is not the case with sertraline (Zoloft®) where we have seen

PAID Act Becomes Law
This week Medicare updated the announcement to better define the scope of the proposal.

End-of-Year Update: PAID Act and Post-Settlement Regulations
This week Medicare updated the announcement to better define the scope of the proposal.

Another Price Drop for Celecoxib (Celebrex®)
Celecoxib (Celebrex®), the only available cyclooxygenase-2a (COX-2) in the United States, has had a price drop this month in the 200mg capsule formulation. Celecoxib is

Aripiprazole (Abilify®) Price Drop
Abilify® (aripiprazole), a second generation atypical antipsychotic, has been a high cost medication until a recent and dramatic reduction in price. Aripiprazole is FDA approved

Maintaining Status Quo: CMS Retains $750 TPOC and Recovery Threshold
True to form, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released another Alert during a holiday weekend. This time, on the day before Thanksgiving
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