Benjamin M. Basista is a shareholder of Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C. and Chair of the Medicare Compliance Group, in which he concentrates his practice.
Mr. Basista focuses his practice on addressing Medicare Secondary Payer issues that arise in the resolution of workers’ compensation, general liability, and FELA claims. He is retained as National Medicare Counsel and Advisory Medicare Counsel to a number of insurance carriers, third-party administrators, self-insured entities, and trade organizations. He is also retained nationwide as a Medicare Set-Aside provider and Section 111 Medicare Mandatory Insurer Reporting agent.
Mr. Basista is a frequent lecturer on the topic of Medicare compliance to insurance carriers, self-insured businesses, law firms, and professional organizations.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Basista served as a law clerk to the Honorable Paul F. Lutty in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County and worked in the Pittsburgh office of the National Labor Relations Board. Additionally, he was in private practice with another law firm in Pittsburgh focusing on Medicare compliance issues.
Speaking Engagements
•Pennsylvania Bar Institute Annual Medicare Compliance lecturer
•“Understanding the PAID Act: What It Means for Insurers” (Speaker), Medicare Compliance Podcast, The DMC Report Podcast Series, 12/2/2021
•“Current Issues in Nursing Home Litigation” (Co-Presenter), Elder Law Webcast, Pennsylvania Bar Institute CLE, 12/2/2011
•“17th Annual Auto Law Update” (Co-Presenter), General Law Webcast, Pennsylvania Bar Institute CLE, 11/18/2010
•“Medicare Secondary Payer Statute in Liability and Workers’ Comp Claims” (Presenter), Workers’ Compensation Webcast, Pennsylvania Bar Institute MCLE, 2/9/2010
•Conducts training sessions for claims staff and counsel across the country for insurance carriers and self-insured entities
Community
•March of Dimes
Articles
10/1/2020 Articles
Welcoming ‘Downstream Actors’ to Medicare Advantage Litigation: MAO/DA Litigation, Liability and Protection Efforts
6/24/2020 Articles
MSA/MSP Vendor Qualifications: The Industry and Its Professionals
1/8/2020 Articles
Choosing an MSP Compliance Vendor: How and Who
10/23/2019 Articles
Ninth Circuit holds Guaranty Fund is not an MSP Primary Payer
5/10/2019 Articles
Pennsylvania Court Addresses Subrogation in Context of Medicare Set-Asides
11/29/2018 Articles
Federal Court Finds Carrier is not Liable for Double Damages Under the Medicare Secondary Payer Act
7/25/2018 Articles
Pennsylvania Develops New Opioid Prescribing Guidelines in Workers’ Compensation
7/12/2017 Articles
CMS Green-Lights Approved MSA Re-Review
5/10/2017 Articles
2017’s Medicare Conditional Payment Trilogy? CIGA v. CMS
CLE
9/29/2025 CLE Events
CLE 10/23/2025: Medicare Compliance Strategies and Tools
11/11/2024 CLE Events
CLE 12/11/2024: Medicare Compliance/Settlement of Workers’ Compensation Claims
10/3/2023 CLE Events
CLE 11/9/2023: Developing a Public Relations and Legal Response when Disaster Strikes
Multi Media
12/2/2021 Multi Media
Understanding the PAID Act: What It Means for Insurers
Newsletters
12/1/2014 Newsletters
Medicare Compliance: Referral Form
Press Releases
7/6/2016 Press Releases
Dickie McCamey Opens Its 15th Office - Entering West Coast
1/1/2016 Press Releases
Nine New Shareholders Announced for 2016
3/30/2015 Press Releases
Benjamin Basista Elected Leader of Medicare Set-Aside Organization
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