CMS Addendum Important Part of Settlement, WCAB Panel Rules

By John P. Kamin, Legal EditorThe Workers' Compensation Appeals Board felt that a Medicare liability addendum was an important part of a relatively small settlement, even though the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' were reluctant to review the case's set-aside, according to a panel decision issued in June.The WCAB's ruling to approve the addition of an addendum shifting Medicare liability to an applicant reflects the struggles California workers' comp attorneys are experiencing with the Medicare Secondary Payer Act. In the decision of Isaac v. Paramount Pictures,...