Medicaid Planning for Workers’ Compensation Attorneys: Key Considerations
Workers' compensation attorneys often encounter clients with long-term medical needs resulting from workplace injuries. While workers’ compensation covers immediate medical care, long-term planning is essential for clients facing prolonged disabilities. Medicaid...
New Self-Administration Toolkit: Beneficiaries Must Report MSA to Part C & D Plans
Written by John Kane, AIC, MSCC, CMSP-F, Sr. Vice President, Strategy and Jayson Gallant, Vice President, Strategic Partnerships at Ametros On August 1st, 2024, Medicare added language to its Workers' Compensation Medicare Set Aside Self-Administration...
OSHA Proposes Guidelines to Enforce Federal Heat Protections for Workers
On the heels of the Florida legislature passing controversial House Bill 433, a new Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulation, Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings, was proposed to protect workers from extreme...
“Mediating” a Claimant’s Case begins far in advance of the actual Mediation
"Mediation" begins at the Claimant's deposition……. Following the Claimant's deposition, the E/C attorney prepares and sends a summary of the deposition to their clients. Most importantly, the overwhelming majority of defense attorneys are required by most carriers and...
Why Legal Funding
Why Legal Funding Bridging The Gap Benefits of Advance Payments Legal funding, also known as lawsuit funding or settlement funding, serves as a financial lifeline for individuals involved in legal disputes or awaiting settlements. This Advance Payment is designed to...
How Medicare Knows About Your Settlement: New WCMSA TPOC Requirements
By John Kane, AIC, MSCC, CMSP-F, Senior Vice President, Strategy, Ametros You are heading to your favorite summer destination on the highway and about to pull out and pass a car. You have your blinker on and a quick check of the mirror, all clear right? Wrong, as you...
Walgreens Closures Signal Mounting Retail Pharmacy Uncertainty
By Arianna Ashby For several years now, there have been growing retail pharmacy tensions, leading to concerns of reliability surrounding retail pharmacies and their ability to serve the workers’ compensation industry. Injured workers traditionally faced unique...
34TH ANNUAL FWA CONFERENCE RECAP
The 34th Annual FWA conference at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress, Orlando was a smashing success. For those of you who may have missed it, we were fortunate to have an outstanding program of continuing education (with a Back to the Future) theme and, as always top...
Securing the Legal Practice: Cybersecurity Measures for Law Firms in the Digital Age
In today's digital era, cybersecurity is no longer just a consideration. This is particularly evident in the legal profession, as the Florida Bar is laser focused on implementing measures relative to cybersecurity, especially for solo and smaller firms, which...
Today’s MSA Will Exhaust Without Cost Containment
April 24, 2023 by Aaron Winnell A Medicare Set-Aside (MSA) is a device intended to fund expenses in the future, but it’s a product of the here and now. MSAs are priced based on today’s costs. But inflation assures that tomorrow’s healthcare costs will outstrip...
Cutting Edge Management of Post Concussive Syndrome
In the past several years concussions have recently started receiving the attention they deserve. Post Concussive Syndrome (PCS) is a clinical syndrome characterized by immediate and transient alteration in brain functioning. This may include altered mental status and...
Analyzing the Department of Labor’s Final Rule Through the Lens of the Florida Workers’ Compensation Laws
Earlier this year, the Department of Labor issued a final rule that went into effect on March 11, 2024, and it has left many attorneys handling labor and employment cases wondering how this rule will affect their practice area. More specifically, how this final rule...