Fee Schedules Approved while 42 Rules await further Action

By Michael Whiteley, Eastern Bureau ChiefThe North Carolina Rules Review Commission on Thursday quickly approved a compromise workers' compensation fee schedule for doctors and hospitals but has sent another 42 rules proposed by the state Industrial Commission on for further review by the 2013 General Assembly.Following more than two months of review, the rules panel on Thursday approved the last of 153 regulations proposed by the North Carolina Industrial Commission under a mandate included in House Bill 709, which was signed into law by Gov. Beverly Perdue on June 24, 2011.The reform law...