Podcast: Chevron Falls: Workers' Compensation Survives

This podcast reviews the workers' compensation landscape one year after the US Supreme Court's Loper Bright decision, which struck down the Chevron defense.

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1. How has Loper Bright impacted CMS's workers' compensation Medicare Set-Aside policies and authority?

2.  What specific policy changes and legal uncertainties resulted from one year after Chevron deference ended?

3. Beyond CMS, how is Loper Bright transforming state-level workers' compensation agency deference rules?

Related Resources:

• CMS Workers' Compensation Medicare Set-Aside Arrangements Page
• WCMSA Reference Guide Version 4.4 (July 2025)
• Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, Supreme Court Opinion
• Original Blog Post: Chevron's Fall (September 2024)
• Chevron Falls: Workers' Compensation Survives 11-16-2025

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Recommended Citation: Gelman, Jon L., Podcast: Chevron Falls: Workers' Compensation Survives, www.gelmans.com (11/20/2025)

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Jon L. Gelman of Wayne, NJ, is the author of NJ Workers' Compensation Law (Thomson Reuters) and co-author of the national treatise Modern Workers' Compensation Law (Thomson Reuters). 

Blog: Workers' Compensation
LinkedIn: JonGelman
Email: jon@gelmans.com
Phone: 1.973.696.7900