www.perrinconferences.com
December 3
rd, 2010
New York City, New York
The Helmsley Park Lane Hotel
CO-CHAIRS
Eric Belk
Robert Lewis, Esq.
Senior Counsel, Claim Legal - Workers Compensation Chief Legal Counsel, Vice President
Travelers Crowe Paradis Services Corporation
Hunt Valley, MD Medford, NJ
Mark Popolizio, Esq.
Vice President of Customer Relations
NuQuest/Bridge Pointe
Longwood, FL
Navigating the Medicare Secondary Payer
Statute in Workers’ Compensation & Liability
Claims
Friday, December 3, 2010
8:30 AM –
Registration and Continental Breakfast,
Breakfast Sponsored by PACE Claims Services
9:00 AM -
Opening Remarks
9:15 AM –
Key Note Address: Update on Current Medicare Litigation
Latest Court Updates
U.S. vs. Hadden
The MARC Coalition
10:15 AM –
Break
Break Sponsored by Crowe Paradis Services Corporation
10:30 AM
–
Case Law Update
Bradley v. Sebelius Seger v. Tank Connection, LLC
Eric Belk, Senior Counsel, Claim Legal - Workers Compensation, Travelers, Hunt Valley, MD
Robert T. Lewis, Esq., Chief Legal Counsel/Vice President Sales & Marketing, Crowe Paradis Services Corp., Medford, NJ
Mark Popolizio, Esq., Vice President of Customer Relations, NuQuest/Bridge Pointe, Longwood, FL
David Farber, Esq., Patton Boggs LLP, Washington, DC
Event Agenda
Jessica Smythe, Esq., Legal Counsel, Crowe Paradis Services Corp., North Reading, MA
Sylvius von Saucken, Esq., Chief Compliance Officer, Garretson Firm Resolution Group, Inc., Cincinnati, OH
11:15 AM
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Workers Compensation Medicare Set-Aside Arrangements (WCMSAs)
What is the Medicare Secondary Payer Act?
Who is the Workers’ Compensation Review Center (WCRC)?
What is driving the continued escalation of “counter highers”?
Denied Claims and Zero MSA...Issues and Considerations
12:15 PM –
Networking Lunch
Sponsored by RecordTrak
1:15 PM –
Mandatory Insurer Reporting under Section 111
What are the basics of Mandatory Reporting?
What is the real impact of this Reporting?
What is an attorney’s role in Mandatory Reporting?
2:30 PM –
Break
Moderator: Robert T. Lewis, Esq., Chief Legal Counsel/Vice President Sales & Marketing, Crowe Paradis Services Corp., Medford, NJ
Eric Belk, Senior Counsel, Claim Legal - Workers Compensation, Travelers, Hunt Valley, MD Brian Fillion, President, Ringer Associates, Medford, NJ
Mark Popolizio, Esq., Vice President of Customer Relations, NuQuest/Bridge Pointe, Longwood, FL Hon. A. Michael Snyder, Workers' Compensation Office of Adjudication, Philadelphia, PA
Moderators: Robert T. Lewis, Esq., Chief Legal Counsel/Vice President Sales & Marketing, Crowe Paradis Services Corp., Medford, NJ
Mark Popolizio, Esq., Vice President of Customer Relations, NuQuest/Bridge Pointe, Longwood, FL Eric Belk, Senior Counsel, Claim Legal - Workers Compensation, Travelers, Hunt Valley, MD Siobhan Handley, Esq., Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY
Mala Ireland, Director, PACE Claims Services, Lawrenceville, NJ
Michael R. Merlino II, Esq., Director of Medicare Compliance, Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc., Lexington, KY
2:45 PM –
Current Hot Issues (Mass Torts)
Who is truly the primary payer in a Mass Tort Settlement Program? - Who reports?
- What to report? - When to report?
What is the definition of a TPOC in a mass tort setting? How can the Medicare Beneficiaries be clearly identified? Who is at the bargaining table with CMS on this issue?
4:00 PM –
Conditional Payments
How does the Medicare Secondary Payer Recovery Contractor (MSPRC) operate? What is an attorney’s obligation?
4:45 PM –
Networking Cocktail Reception
Speakers & Agenda are subject to change.*
Moderator: Eric Belk, Senior Counsel, Claim Legal - Workers Compensation, Travelers, Hunt Valley, MD Sandra S. Calmes, Counsel, Complex and Emerging Risks Claims Department, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Boston, MA
Catherine Goldhaber, Esq., Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney, Ltd., Chicago, IL
Sylvius von Saucken, Esq., Chief Compliance Officer, Garretson Firm Resolution Group, Inc., Cincinnati, OH
Moderator: Mark Popolizio, Esq., Vice President of Customer Relations, NuQuest/Bridge Pointe, Longwood, FL Robert T. Lewis, Esq., Chief Legal Counsel/Vice President Sales & Marketing, Crowe Paradis Services Corp.,
Medford, NJ
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Navigating the Medicare Secondary Payer Statute in Workers’ Compensation
and Liability Claims
- Section 111
- Conditional Payments
- Medicare Set- Aside Arrangements
December 3, 2010
The Helmsley Park Lane Hotel, New York, NY
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