Medicare secondary payer (MSP) compliance issues remain a hot topic at insurance industry conferences and the 2017 RIMS Annual Conference did not disappoint those seeking the latest MSP news. As the annual RIMS gathering generally serves as a barometer for issues...
By Robin E. Kobayashi, J.D., LexisNexis Legal & Professional Operations Emergency room visits and costs are on the rise in the U.S. and expected to get worse with Obamacare according to a recent report which shows people with Medicaid (many of whom have...
Last November I had the pleasure of participating in a panel with two more eminently qualified folks—Jennifer C. Jordan of MEDVAL, LLC and Tim Nay at Nay & Friedenberg —about Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) compliance at the 23rd Annual National...
By John Stahl, Esq. Concern regarding the relatively little public information about heavily utilized ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) in California prompted the California HealthCare Foundation (Foundation) to research ownership statistics and other data regarding...
By John Stahl, Esq. A study that J. Paul Leigh, Ph.D. , and James P. Marcin, MD, MPH conducted addressed cost shifting that occurred when the workers’ compensation system did not absorb the entire cost of a compensable incident. They reported their findings in...