Obama signs MSP Medicare bill

"The legislation changes the way Medicare collects money from people whose negligence caused a patient to incur medical bills. Murphy said the new law will streamline an outdated process, making it easier to close cases and bring money into the Medicare program."

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/medicare/276621-obama-signs-medicare-bill#ixzz2HehBHham

Questions remain on the practicalities of implementation as regulations need to be promulgated.

The NEW law will be discussed at the Hot Topics in Workers' Compensation Law 2013 Seminar (NJ ICLE Jn 29, 2013)

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