Medivest | Medicare Secondary Payer Statute (MSP) Compliance Solutions

What’s your MSP Compliance Strategy?

Medicare Secondary Payer compliance has become a hot topic within recent years. Despite the subject’s current prominence, MSP compliance is not new. Since its inception in 1965, the Medicare Fund has been secondary to workers’ compensation insurance. Medicare became secondary to liability insurance (including auto, no-fault and self-insured) in 1980 with the introduction of the Medicare Secondary Payer Act, a...

Professional Administration

We have entered an era where The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has unprecedented access to settlement data involving Medicare beneficiaries. It is now more important than ever to ensure Medicare’s future interests are protected within your settlements. MSA professional administration is a proven tool to assure the settling parties remain in compliance with Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP)...

Medicare Set Aside Allocation Reports

Medivest recognizes the important role we play in the settlement of workers’ compensation and personal injury claims and how imperative it is to understand and assist settling parties with Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) compliance. A Medicare Set-Aside allocation report (MSA allocation) is one of the first steps taken in an effort to consider Medicare’s future interest. Medivest has an outstanding record...

MSA Self-Administration Kit

Once an injured person’s claim has settled, there are other challenges they will face in addition to their injury. The portion of their settlement that has been allocated to cover the medical and prescription expenses that Medicare would otherwise cover, the Medicare Set-Aside (MSA), requires compliance to strict administration guidelines. The Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Statute creates several rules...

The Medivest Blog

The Medivest Blog offers common sense on Medicare Secondary Payer issues. Covering all things MSP, The Medivest Blog gives a fresh, digestible perspective on news and updates within the MSP industry. If you’re looking for a single source for honest, straightforward commentary on MSP compliance, you’ve found...

Trust Advisor Services

Many Special Needs Trusts are funded with personal injury litigation proceeds intended to pay for the future medical care of their beneficiary. These trusts are often established to protect the beneficiary’s access to government benefits such as Medicaid. However, what’s often overlooked is the requirement to consider Medicare’s interest in the trust. Simply placing settlement funds within a...

05/17/2013 -Medicare Set-Aside Self Administration and "Life Lessons From The Lottery"
05/16/2013 -Marilyn Tavenner Confirmed as the Administrator of the CMS
05/16/2013 -Medicare Secondary Payer Bill Introduced in U.S. House as H.R. 1982
05/06/2013 -Coordinating the Use of Special Needs Trusts and Medicare Set-Asides to Protect Government Benefits
04/24/2013 -Congressional Research Service Issues Report on Medicare Secondary Payer

Education Opportunities

We feel knowledge is the key to MSP compliance. That’s why we offer complementary training throughout the US. Whether it be an on-site presentation, or education through our webniar series, Medivest’s team of professionals will bring you up to speed on various topics within the scope of MSP compliance.

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MSP Resources

Browse our listing of Medicare Secondary Payer resources, including the numerous memos released by CMS since 2001.

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