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A Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside Arrangement (WCMSA) is where part of your Nevada workers’ comp settlement is placed in an account earmarked for your future medical expenses. Only once those funds are used up will then Medicare kick in and pay for your remaining qualified medical treatments.
No. In general, you will only qualify for a Medicare Set-Aside in Nevada if either:
Therefore, WCMSAs usually only apply to injured workers who are at least 62-and-a-half years old and/or who are applying for social security disability benefits.
If your workers’ comp insurance settlement includes a WCMSA, then there are many rules and regulations you have to follow. Among these are:
If the WCMSA funds do go toward unqualified expenses or overpriced treatments and medications, then you may have to pay Medicare out-of-pocket for the overages.
If your Nevada workers’ comp settlement includes a WCMSA, the funds will be kept in an interest-bearing account. You may then withdraw money from this account – such as through a debit card – to go towards qualified medical services and treatments.
Depending on your case, your WCMSA will be in the form of a:
The funds in your Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside go toward all your qualified medical expenses related to your work injury. Depending on your case, this can include:
There is no law that requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) to review and approve your Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside. However, it is recommended that you submit it to CMS to review anyway.
The most efficient way to submit your WCMSA to CMS is through its online portal.4
The sole purpose of Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Asides is to prevent Medicare from paying any more than it has to.
Since your injury was work-related, your primary insurer is the workers’ comp insurance company. As the secondary insurer, Medicare will not pay up until the workers’ comp insurer pays out everything it earmarked under the set-aside arrangement.
A former Los Angeles prosecutor, attorney Neil Shouse graduated with honors from UC Berkeley and Harvard Law School (and completed additional graduate studies at MIT). He has been featured on CNN, Good Morning America, Dr Phil, The Today Show and Court TV. Mr Shouse has been recognized by the National Trial Lawyers as one of the Top 100 Criminal and Top 100 Civil Attorneys.