In workers' compensation cases in which the injured party is a Medicare recipient or is expected to be a recipient within 30 months of the date of settlement, or when the amount of settlement is over $250K, Medicare’s interests must be considered. If not, 42 U.S.C. Sec 1395Y provides that the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) can levy certain potential penalties against a workers' compensation carrier or self-insured corporation as well as the injured party. The solution is a Medicare set-aside.

A Medicare set-aside amount is determined through an analysis of the particular case, and it becomes the primary fund for paying Medicare-covered expenses compensable to the injury. Once the allocation is exhausted, Medicare becomes the primary payer of those expenses.

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