Presented by: Melisa C. Zwilling, Shareholder, Carr Allison   Course Description: Disability accommodation requests have skyrocketed - and so has related litigation.  Today's accommodation requests look very different from those of a decade ago: employees are seeking remote work arrangements, flexible schedules, and accommodations for mental health conditions like anxiety, depression, and PTSD.  Many employers are struggling to keep up, and missteps in the interactive proces

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As announced last year, CMS is expanding the Section 111 reporting process to require reporting of Workers’ Compensation Medicare...

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released an updated Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside (WCMSA) Reference...

CMS announced that they will host a webinar on April 16, 2024, at 2:00 PM Eastern Time to discuss the expansion of the Section 111...

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