Christine is the President and founder of Hummel Consultation Services, a legal consultation practice specializing in the application of the Medicare Secondary Payer Act.
On-Demand: January 29, 2025
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This program will explore strategies for calculating and, where possible, reducing Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside Allocations (WCMSAs). Topics will include obtaining treatment statements from physicians, securing rated ages, and requesting certification of no-treatment statements from treating providers.
Additionally, we will cover the latest CMS updates on “evidence-based” MSA allocations and the process for obtaining amended reviews of previously submitted WCMSA proposals. This program will also address the final rule on Section 111 penalties issued by CMS in October 2023. This program is essential for all workers’ compensation attorneys.
This course is co-sponsored with myLawCLE.
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Christine Hummel | Hummel Consultation Services
Christine is the President and founder of Hummel Consultation Services, a legal consultation practice specializing in the application of the Medicare Secondary Payer Act. An active attorney with licensure in the state of Colorado, she earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Denver in May 2000. In 2002 Christine opened her own firm, which recently celebrated its twentieth continuous year of operation. With over twenty years of experience, Christine is a published author and popular speaker on a wide array of topics related to Medicare compliance.
Christine has significant experience working with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regarding applicability of the Medicare Secondary Payer Act to liability settlements. She is a member of the American Bar Association, the Colorado Bar Association, and includes with her legal experience work in Medicaid, probate, and elder law. Christine volunteers her free time by giving presentations on the roles of women throughout multiple time periods in history.
I. The finalized Section 111 Civil Money Penalty Rule | 2:00pm – 2:30pm
II. Strategies for obtaining approval of $0.00 MSA allocations | 2:30pm – 3:00pm
Break | 3:00pm – 3:10pm
III. CMS’s stance on “evidence-based” MSA allocations | 3:10pm – 3:40pm
IV. A brief discussion on Medicare conditional payments and collaborating with the CRC | 3:40pm – 4:10pm