The Value of the MSCC Credential

Specializing in workers’ compensation, Slade J. Neighbors is a California-based defense attorney with more than three decades of experience. To better serve his clients, Slade J. Neighbors holds the distinction of being both a Certified Medicare Secondary Payer Professional (CMSP) and Medicare Set-aside Consultant Certified.

Overseen by the International Commission on Health Care Certification (ICHCC), the Medicare Set-aside Consultant Certified (MSCC) credential aims to identify remarkable professionals working in the area of workers’ compensation. Health care legal representatives, insurance claims adjusters, and other professionals are invited to apply for the credential. They must have demonstrated expertise in regard to the application and development of the process of arranging Medicare set-aside trusts, as well as completed specific preapproved training.

Among its key purposes, the MSCC credential is designed to instill confidence among consumers. For each of its credentials, the ICHCC maintains a board of commissions that oversees the certification process as well as investigates all allegations and field complaints leveled toward an individual who is credentialed by the group. Accordingly, anyone who obtains an MSCC must agree to adhere to the specific standards governing professional behaviors and ethics laid out by the ICHCC.

How to Become a Member of Medicare Advocacy Recovery Coalition

A workers’ compensation law specialist certified by the State Bar of California, Slade J Neighbors is founder of his own professional law corporation based in Encino, California. For more than two decades, Slade J Neighbors has performed trials, advised clients, filed appeals, settled cases, and more. Among his professional memberships, Slade Neighbors is an active participant in the Medicare Advocacy Recovery Coalition (MARC).

Based in Washington, D.C., MARC is an advocacy coalition dedicated to supporting reforms to Medicare secondary payer policy. The Medicare secondary payer policy comes into effect when a party other than Medicare is responsible for paying a beneficiary’s healthcare expenses. In this case, Medicare has a “secondary” legal responsibility to pay providers. MARC advocates for improvements to the Medicare secondary payer policy to make it less confusing and more efficient for everyone involved.

MARC membership is open to third-party administrators, trade associations, attorneys, retailers, and other individuals or groups involved in federal secondary payer policies and programs. Visit the official website, marccoalition.com, to learn more, or email smurdock@marccoalition.com to begin the process of becoming a member.