DRI Faculty List

Medicare and Medicaid Compliance in Workers' Compensation Webinar

October 21, 2021


John V. Cattie, Jr.
Cattie and Gonzalez

John V. Cattie, Jr. is one of the nation's most well-respected Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) legal scholars. Cattie received his BA from the University of North Carolina and his JD/MBA from Villanova University. John is the Managing Member of Cattie & Gonzalez, P.L.L.C. The firm is dedicated to minimizing/extinguishing a client's future medical exposure under the MSP Act. He focuses his law practice on MSA issues, providing legal opinions regarding MSA requirements, a client's future medical exposure under the MSP Act and proper MSA funding. He also addresses Medicare conditional payment issues, liens involving Medicare Advantage, and other healthcare lien obligations. Cattie also serves as the Chief Operating Officer of Cattie Compliance Partners, a traditional MSA vendor which writes medically based MSAs and medical cost projections among other services.


Rafael Gonzalez, Esq.
Chief Legal Counsel
Cattie and Gonzalez

Rafael Gonzalez, Esq., was born in Havana, Cuba. Rafael and his family escaped communism to Madrid, Spain, and ultimately immigrated to the US. Rafael has over 35 years of experience in the auto, liability, no-fault, and workers' compensation insurance industries. He has written extensively on liability, workers' compensation, social security, and Medicare/Medicaid issues. He has also taught these subject matters at several law schools and medical schools in Florida. He lectures throughout the country on all aspects of Medicare and Medicaid compliance, including Mandatory Insurer Reporting, Conditional Payment Resolution, Medicare Set Asides, MSA Post Settlement Administration, Medicaid Third Party Lien Reimbursement, and Special Needs Trusts.