The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that beginning March 27, 2021, it will use the new 2018 CDC Life Table to calculate adjusted life expectancies in Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Asides (WCMSAs). The table correlates a person’s age with anticipated life expectancy, so CMS uses it to determine the appropriate medical treatment length.
CMS’ brief announcement can be found here, and the relevant text is as follows:
Beginning March 27, 2021, CMS will convert to the CDC’s “Table 1: Life Table for the total population: United States, 2018” for the Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set Aside life expectancy calculations.
You may download the current 2018 life table here.
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