Medical Interests Neutralized Workers' Comp Cost-Cutting Bill

Assembly Bill 711, a bill introduced last year to curb rising workers' compensation medical costs with a medical fee schedule for services for injured workers, was effectively killed by medical industry special interests according to an article by a policy expert at the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism.Introduced Jan. 31 by Rep. Dan Knodl, R-Germantown, chair of the Assembly Committee on Labor, the bill proposed providers could charge no more than 10% above the average paid by state group health plans. It would pass the savings on to workers' compensation benefits, by incr...