Workers’ Compensation
Ca. Workers' Comp. Quarterly 2018, Vol. 31, No. 1
Content
- The Youth Law Academy: Bolstering the Educational Pipeline for Legal Diversity
- The Catastrophic Unknown
- Hikida Matata
- Workers' Compensation: Tips from 40 Years
- Medicare's Unreasonable Assessment of Adequate Allocations for Drugs in Workers' Compensation Settlements in California
- Ain't It Grand? Workers' Compensation Exclusivity and Employer Conduct in 2017
- Workers' Compensation Section 2017-2018 Executive Committee Roster
Medicare’s Unreasonable Assessment of Adequate Allocations for Drugs in Workers’ Compensation Settlements in California
MARK L. RIGGENBACH, ESQ.
Sacramento, California
I have been representing employers, insurers, and third-party administrators in workers’ compensation cases for 15 years. In my experience, settlement of a case often brings a sense of relief. That sense might be short lived, however, if the injured worker is on or eligible for Medicare, since, as attorneys and claims professionals, we might want a Medicare Set-Aside (MSA) if our plan is to settle liability for future medical care.