Medicare Secondary-Payer Issues Could Pale Compared to Medicaid, Panel Says

ORLANDO, Florida — If you thought Medicare set-asides and secondary-payer compliance were fun, the party’s only just begun. States across the country now are gearing up to recover Medicaid money from workers’ compensation and other insurance settlements, a panel of experts said Tuesday. “I call it the great sleeper issue that’s been just below the surface, so get ready,” said David Farber, an attorney with the King & Spalding law firm in Washington and counsel to the Medicare Advocacy Recovery Coalition. The coalition lobbies for improvem...