The Rise and Fall of Workers' Compensation - The Path to Federalization

Every year The Board of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and Federal Supplemental Medical Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust Funds makes an actuarial guess as to the future financial solvency of Medicare. The report creates an annual news frenzy in the workers’ compensation community since Medicare is both the safety net for injured workers and playground for employers and their insurance companies to use in cost shifting,

Safeguarding Injured Workers From Cybersecurity Breaches

Under new Federal proposals, injured workers will be protected from cybersecurity breaches. The impact will be greater responsibilities and costs for law firms and, employers and their insurance companies.

The Path to Federalization: US Supreme Court Again Validates the Affordable Care Act

The US Supreme Court again affirmed the validity of The Affordable Care Act. The Obamacare program, as it has been nicknamed, will continue to lead to a medical delivery program than eventually will have major repercussions on the antiquated and ineffective medical care system of the existing patch work of state workers' compensation insurance acts.

Medicare Takes Bigger Bite Out California Workers Compensation

Medicare has doubled its reimbursement recover from California  workers' compensation claims in a single year according to a report released today. The 100% increase in California from $3Million (2012) to $6Million (2013) illustrates the determinate of CMS (The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)  to end cost-shifting through strict enforcement of the Medicare Secondary Payer Act (MSP).

Since July 23, 2001(The date the Patel Memo was issued) a dramatic increase in the elimination of the Federal "subsidy" of future medical care for compensable work-related conditions has also been reported. In California a 40% increase has been also reported in the last year from $92Million to $129Millon for Medicare Set Aside Agreements.

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Jon L. Gelman of Wayne NJ is the author NJ Workers’ Compensation Law (West-Thompson) and co-author of the national treatise, Modern Workers’ Compensation Law (West-Thompson). For over 4 decades the Law Offices of Jon L Gelman  1.973.696.7900  jon@gelmans.com  have been representing injured workers and their families who have suffered occupational accidents and illnesses.

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