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		<title>MEDVAL to present webinar on Liability Medicare Set Asides (LMSAs)</title>
		<link>http://www.medval.com/2010/07/26/medval-to-present-webinar-on-liability-medicare-set-asides-lmsas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:57:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>preardon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are preparing a webinar focusing on the issues involved in creating Medicare Set Asides in Liability cases.  For additional details, please  e-mail Patrick Reardon at preardon@medval.com.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We are preparing a webinar focusing on the issues involved in creating Medicare Set Asides in Liability cases.  For additional details, please  e-mail Patrick Reardon at <a href="mailto:preardon@medval.com">preardon@medval.com</a>.</p>
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		<title>Medicare Secondary Payer Enforcement: Shifting the Burden of Medicare to the Private Sector by Jennifer Jordan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:22:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>preardon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article is from The Brief,  the magazine of the Tort and Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This <a href="http://www.medval.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Jordan-Jennifer-Medicare-Secondary-Payer-as-published.pdf" target="_blank">article</a> is from <em>The Brief</em>,  the magazine of the Tort and Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association.</p>
<p><span style="font-family: Goudy Oldstyle Std; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Goudy Oldstyle Std; font-size: x-small;">The Medicare Secondary Payer Act (the MSP)</span></span><span style="font-family: Goudy Oldstyle Std; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Goudy Oldstyle Std; font-size: xx-small;">1 </span></span><span style="font-family: Goudy Oldstyle Std; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Goudy Oldstyle Std; font-size: x-small;">was passed in 1980 with the intent of reducing Medicare spending by prohibiting the program from making payment in situations where another entity possessed a legal or contractual obligation to provide medical treatment. Although under the MSP Medicare retains the right to make conditional payments under certain circumstances and subject to statutory recovery rights, the reality is that Medicare makes payment because the intermediary or insurance carrier representing the government program is unaware that a primary payer exists. <a href="http://www.medval.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Jordan-Jennifer-Medicare-Secondary-Payer-as-published.pdf"> read more</a>&#8230;</span></span></p>
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		<title>LexisNexis® Workers Compensation Law Community Podcast featuring MEDVAL&#8217;s Ryan Roth on the Importance of Rated Age for Medicare Set-Asides</title>
		<link>http://www.medval.com/2010/07/22/lexisnexis%c2%ae-workers-compensation-law-community-podcast-featuring-medvals-ryan-roth-on-the-importance-of-rated-age-for-medicare-set-asides/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:09:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>preardon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On this edition, Ryan D. Roth, President and co-founder of Medval, discusses why rated age is important for MSAs, recent CMS clarifications and how they impact preparation and submission of an MSA.
Click here for the podcast.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On this edition, Ryan D. Roth, President and co-founder of Medval, discusses why rated age is important for MSAs, recent CMS clarifications and how they impact preparation and submission of an MSA.</p>
<p>Click<a title="Rated Age Podcast" href="http://www.lexisnexis.com/Community/workerscompensationlaw/blogs/podcasts/archive/2010/07/21/LexisNexis_AE00_-Workers-Compensation-Law-Community-Podcast-featuring-Ryan-Roth-on-the-Importance-of-Rated-Age-for-Medicare-Set_2D00_Asides.aspx" target="_blank"> here </a>for the podcast.</p>
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		<title>Need advice on an MSP issue? Click here to Ask Jen</title>
		<link>http://www.medicaresetasideblog.com</link>
		<comments>http://www.medicaresetasideblog.com#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 01:22:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rroth</dc:creator>
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		<title>Visit the &#8220;Official Medicare Set-Aside Blog and Information Resource&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.medicaresetasideblog.com</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:28:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rroth</dc:creator>
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Keep up to date with MSP compliance issues, CMS alerts, industry commentary and insurance related content. Awarded a Top 25 Blog by Lexis Nexis.
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<p>Keep up to date with MSP compliance issues, CMS alerts, industry commentary and insurance related content. Awarded a Top 25 Blog by Lexis Nexis.</p>
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		<title>Number One</title>
		<link>http://www.medval.com/2009/11/17/1-of-18-msa-vendors-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.medval.com/2009/11/17/1-of-18-msa-vendors-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:33:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ljordan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“#1 of 18 MSA vendors”
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>“#1 of 18 MSA vendors”</p>
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		<title>The best firm</title>
		<link>http://www.medval.com/2009/11/17/the-best-firm-i-have-ever-worked-with-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.medval.com/2009/11/17/the-best-firm-i-have-ever-worked-with-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:33:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ljordan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“The best firm I have ever worked with”
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		<title>Above the competition</title>
		<link>http://www.medval.com/2009/11/17/head-and-shoulders-above-the-competition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.medval.com/2009/11/17/head-and-shoulders-above-the-competition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ljordan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The best firm I have ever worked with. Head and shoulders above the competition.&#8221;
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		<title>The best MSAs in the business</title>
		<link>http://www.medval.com/2009/11/17/you-consistently-produce-the-best-msas-in-the-business/</link>
		<comments>http://www.medval.com/2009/11/17/you-consistently-produce-the-best-msas-in-the-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:31:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ljordan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“You consistently produce the best MSAs in the business.”
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		<title>No one does it better</title>
		<link>http://www.medval.com/2009/11/17/no-one-does-it-better/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:31:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ljordan</dc:creator>
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