Earlier this year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an alert announcing changes to the reporting requirement of workers’ compensation settlements that will become effective as of April 2025. Medicare has always required that parties “protect their interests” when entering into settlements. Generally speaking, the parties are required to ensure that no…

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Under the Workers’ Compensation Act, an employee is to be compensated by their employer if they become partially or totally incapacitated due to an occupational disease acquired in the course of their employment. Md. Code, Lab. & Emp. § 9-101(g) defines occupational disease as “a disease contracted by a covered employee: (1) as the result…

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