Medical Settlement Specialists helps workers’ compensation attorneys understand and strategically value future medical exposure and claim resolution strategies before settlement negotiations begin
Future Medical Cost Projections | Medicare Set-Aside (MSA) analysis | Life Care Planning | Settlement Strategies
The Problem: Future Medical Costs Are Often The Biggest Settlement Obstacle
- Incomplete, overstated or out-of-context medical projections derail negotiations
- Medicare compliance risk continues to increase
- Carrier and Injured Worker projections rarely align
- An MSA protects Medicare but is not designed to consider all medical benefits that may apply
- Attorneys understand the legal issues, but are forced to negotiate medical exposure without fully defensible numbers
The result: lost leverage, delayed resolution, and unnecessary risk
The Solution: The MSS Future Medical Exposure Evaluation
Medical Settlement Specialists provides the most effective Life Care Plan available → Our Signature Future Medical Exposure Evaluation (FMV):
- Clearly identify future medical needs and associated charges
- Quantify carrier exposure with supportable evidence
- Distinguish Medicare vs. non-Medicare expenses
- Highlights your best leverage areas, weaknesses, and value of disputed medical issues
We Bridge the Gap Between an MSA, Life Care Plan, and Cost Projection
This isn’t generic life care planning, it’s a settlement strategy. We translate complex medical information into an effective settlement tool.
- Designed to support reasonable, defensible settlement packages
- Built specifically for workers’ compensation claims
- Considers legal limitations and regulatory realities
- Cases of all size and complexity, regardless of Medicare involvement
Why Attorneys and Law Firms Use MSS
Proven experience. Trusted for over 2 decades, we are an integral part of your work flow and settlement team. Our evaluations are designed for attorneys who want to develop a path to defensible settlement numbers.
- Identify case weaknesses early
- Save significant attorney and staff time
- Negotiate from a position of credibility
- Reduce uncertainty around Medicare compliance
- Clearly explain settlement value to clients, carriers, and opposing counsel
- Increase confidence during settlement negotiations
Better information leads to better outcomes
Proven Experience in Workers’ Compensation Medical Settlement Support
For more than two decades, Medical Settlement Specialists has helped attorneys understand future medical care, quantify exposure, and resolve workers’ compensation claims with greater confidence. Our team has assisted thousands of injured workers nationwide and understands the intersection of medical evidence, legal strategy, and Medicare-related settlement issues.
What Our Evaluations Deliver: Defensible Numbers. Stronger Leverage. Peace of Mind
- Medical evidence that supports your settlement position on cases of all sizes
- Review of MSAs or nonsubmit MSAs
- Reports aligned with state & Medicare guidelines
- Small case, limited file reviews
- Complex and catastrophic claim analysis
- A resource throughout the negotiation process
Frequently Asked Questions About Future Medical Settlement Evaluations:
- What is a future medical settlement evaluation? It is an attorney-focused review of anticipated medical care and associated projected charges, assessment of disputed claims, Medicare-related issues, and identification of settlement exposure in a workers’ compensation claim.
- How is this different from an MSA? A Medicare Set-Aside was intended to protect the interests of Medicare, and does not consider all future medical benefits to which an Applicant may be entitled. A settlement-focused evaluation can also identify non-Medicare expenses, disputed care, and leverage points that may affect total settlement value.
- When should a law firm request an evaluation? Anytime you wish to assess future medical exposure value! Our FMV is an effective tool for developing the path to settlement. Attorneys often request an evaluation when an Applicant reaches MMI, to prepare for settlement negotiations, to provide client counseling, or to review Medicare Set Aside issues
- What types of cases can MSS assist with? MSS supports workers’ compensation cases all sizes and complexities, including claims with unclear future treatment, disputed medical exposure, Medicare concerns, or competing cost projections.