Self Administration Toolkit for WCMSAs

On April 11, 2014 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services added a Self Administration Toolkit for Workers' Compensation Medicare Set-Aside Arrangements to its CMS.gov website. It can be viewed here.

The resource is designed to aid workers' compensation claimants in the self administration of their MSA accounts with the proper establishment of, and expenditures from, their WCMSA account. It describes self administration guidelines and procedures including the need to establish an interest bearing account for the funds and explains the payment of medical bills using MSA funds to reimburse providers and annual accounting requirements. It includes form letters to be provided to medical providers and sample transition records for MSA expenditures. Additionally, it explains circumstances where an MSA is temporarily and/or permanently depleted based on lump sum or annuity funding.  Read more...  

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