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The WCMSA Conundrum in California
Posted on 10 Jul 2012 by Robert G. Rassp, Esq.

By Robert G. Rassp, Esq. The following email string is true, accurate and correct. It is a typical email string between an applicant’s attorney and a defense attorney. We all have cases like this in our inventories. In this case, the Applicant... Read More

Tags: Medicare , WCAB , MSA , WCMSA , structured settlements , Robert Rassp , CMS , compromise and release , California workers compensation , C&R , Medicare set-aside

How California Handles the WCMSA Process
Posted on 29 Dec 2011 by Robert G. Rassp, Esq.

There is a garden industry that has emerged since 1997 in California of companies who have become “WCMSA specialists”, promoting themselves as experts in developing WCMSA proposals that will pass muster with CMS. Most workers’ compensation... Read More

Tags: medicare set-asides , WCMSA , The Complete Guide to Medicare Secondary Payer Compliance , Robert Rassp , California , CMS , California workers compensation , medicare secondary payer , MMI , AWP , social security disability

  • Blog Post: How California Handles the WCMSA Process

    Robert G. Rassp, Esq.
    There is a garden industry that has emerged since 1997 in California of companies who have become “WCMSA specialists”, promoting themselves as experts in developing WCMSA proposals that will pass muster with CMS. Most workers’ compensation legal practitioners who represent injured workers...
    on 29 Dec 2011

  • Blog Post: The WCMSA Conundrum in California

    Robert G. Rassp, Esq.
    By Robert G. Rassp, Esq. The following email string is true, accurate and correct. It is a typical email string between an applicant’s attorney and a defense attorney. We all have cases like this in our inventories. In this case, the Applicant was a medical laboratory technologist who sustained...
    on 10 Jul 2012