CMS: No Payments for Treatment until Set-Aside Accounts Depleted

Medicare will not pay for any services related to work-related injuries or diseases for recipients who have a workers' compensation Medicare set-aside arrangement until all of the funds in that account are exhausted, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced in a memorandum posted on its website this week."The purpose of a Workers' Compensation Medicare Set-aside Arrangement (WCMSA) is to pay for all services related to the claimant's work-related injury or disease, therefore, Medicare will not make any payments (as a primary, secondary or tertiary payer) for any ser...