Medivest: The Podcast

Medicare Set-Aside amounts are now a required data element of Section 111 reporting in workers' compensation settlements. What does The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) plan to do with all of that information? On this episode of Medivest: The Podcast, Craig and Natt join Aaron to discuss the possible implications of CMS's visibility into non-submit MSAs.

It can take years of experience and practice for professionals to truly understand the MSP Statute and Medicare Set-Asides (MSA). So when an injured person jumps into the deep end and takes on the responsibility of self-administering their MSA, it can be very overwhelming.In this episode of Medivest: The Podcast, Aaron and Craig discuss the work involved in self-administering MSAs and some common mistakes that are made.

On this episode of Medivest: The Podcast, we discuss the best practices for considering Medicare's interests in a liability settlement. Spoiler alert: the worst thing you can do is nothing at all.

Your workers’ compensation case is closed, the settlement has been finalized, and months have passed. Yet suddenly, a letter from the U.S. Treasury arrives, claiming you still owe money. What is this???In this episode of Medivest: The Podcast, Aaron and Natt break down why an unexpected "request for payment" letter from the Treasury Department might arrive, what can be done about it, and what steps can be taken to reduce the chance that one is sent in the first place.

Many people affected by a Medicare Set-Aside don’t always get a clear explanation of what it means for them. In this episode of Medivest: The Podcast, Aaron and Medivest's Vice President of Sales, Craig Pawley, share helpful ways to make Medicare Set-Asides easier for beneficiaries to understand.

On the premiere episode of Medivest the Podcast, Aaron and Natt Reifler, Medivest's Vice President of MSP Compliance, discuss and clarify Medicare Secondary Payer compliance...with varying degrees of success.