Effective July 1, 2008 the Centers for Medicare and Medicad (CMS) will exclusively use the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Table 1 (Life Table for Total Population) when determining life expectancy in Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Asides (WCMSA) proposals. The directive was issued in a memo dated May 20, 2008.
Related Sites:
The CMS Memo:
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/WorkersCompAgencyServices/Downloads/52008Memo.pdf
Life Table for Total Population
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr54/nvsr54_14.pdf