Senate Requires CMS to Explain Set-Aside Delays

The U.S. Senate has adopted an amendment tacked onto a federal budget bill that requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to explain years of delays in approving workers' compensation settlements. U.S. Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg, D-N.J., announced this week that the disclosure provision was added to the Labor-Health and Human Services Appropriations Bill and passed by the Senate Tuesday night. New Jersey administrative law judges have been among the chief critics of the agency, which must review and approve settlements involving reimbursement to Medicare for upfront payme...