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9/11/2008
James R. Carroll, Jr., Esquire
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Surprising change in Workers Compensation Medicare Set Aside practice and procedures
There's a new post at the Pa Work Injury blog about a surprising change in Medicare's set aside policy for the settlement of workers' compensation cases for people who are also on social security disability.

It involves the immediate elimination of the claimant's ability to terminate or cash in a set aside account that is no longer needed.

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Labels: cms medicare, set aside, settlement, wcmsa, workers' compensation,

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