Our Mission
The purpose of the FWA is to protect and defend the workforce of Florida and particularly the rights of Florida‘s injured workers by providing a medium for cooperation and continuing education among lawyers representing the interests of injured and disabled workers and other persons interested in promoting injured workers and providing fair and just treatment to those workers who suffer workplace injuries and those who are dependent upon them.
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CMS Now Notifies Injured Workers Directly About WCMSA Tracking and Responsibilities
Author: Mark Long, Senior Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, AmetrosEarlier this year in April 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released Version 4.3 of the Workers' Compensation Medicare Set Aside Reference Guide (WCMSA). CMS also updated...
Today’s MSA Will Exhaust Without Cost Containment
by Aaron Winnell, Medivest President 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...
Are Functional Capacity Evaluations (FCEs) Reliable? New Research Highlights Strengths and Weaknesses
A 2018 systematic review published in the Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation sheds important light on the reliability and validity of various Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE) methods commonly used in return-to-work decisions and disability determinations. The...
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