Insurance Reps Object to Rules That Limit Second Swipe at Authorized Treatment

Florida workers' compensation regulators appear to be crafting a sweeping new rule through the use of instructional notes to limit insurers' ability to conduct medical utilization reviews, insurance representatives said at a workshop Wednesday. “It seems that this is a rule in itself in the guise of an instructional note,” said Ralph Douglas, with Tallahassee insurance defense firm McConnaughhay, Coonrod, Pope, Weaver and Stern. Douglas was one of 14 people who spoke about the Division of Workers' Compensation's long-debated proposed changes to rules that gov...