Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a revised Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside (WCMSA) Reference Guide. The updated guide is version 3.1, dated May 11, 2020, and can be found here. As with other versions of the guide, a summary of updates to the guide are found in Section 1.1. The only update […] Continue
As we recently blogged, the comment period for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid’s (CMS) Section 111 Civil Money Penalties (CMPs) proposed rule closed. This rule contains the circumstances for when the imposition of CMPs would apply, along with some important guidelines of when CMPs would not be imposed based upon good faith efforts to […] Continue
The FDA has approved the first ibuprofen-acetaminophen combination product, which will be available as an over-the-counter product and marketed under the name of Advil Dual Action. The use of Advil Dual Action is approved for the temporary relief of minor aches and pains due to headache, toothache, backache, menstrual cramps, muscular aches and minor pain […] Continue
The COVID-19 pandemic has provoked a variety of responses from the federal government in addition to nearly every state government. On January 31, 2020, the Secretary of HHS declared a public health emergency due to COVID-19. In turn, this declaration prompted the DEA to identify steps it could take to ensure the public’s continued access […] Continue
Each year, the board of trustees of the Social Security Trust Fund and Medicare Trust Fund release reports to Congress providing an estimated projected financial outlook for these two programs. Last week both reports were released. The 80th annual Social Security Report can be found here, and the 55th annual Medicare report can be found here. Both […] Continue