New rules create controversy over Medicare set-asides 

Posted: 1:00 am Mon, February 1, 2010
By Sylvia Hsieh

New rules requiring insurance companies to report information about lawsuit settlements to Medicare are stirring up a heated controversy among personal injury and insurance defense attorneys. The rules took effect on Jan. 1. The debate is over whether lawyers should be creating Medicare set-aside trusts in personal injury settlements to protect Medicare’s secondary payer interest ...