OWC, Stakeholders Working to Update Hospital Fee Guide

Hospitals and employers are working with Louisiana’s Office of Workers’ Compensation to modify the state’s hospital fee schedule, with an emphasis on modifying the set charges for inpatient and outpatient services. Clark Cossé III, general counsel of the Louisiana Hospital Association, confirmed Wednesday that negotiations were ongoing to modify the fee schedule, and that a decision had been made “just recently” to also update the physician’s fee schedule. “It’s going to be whole (thing) … doctors, hospitals and ancillary health p...