Payers Calling for Changing Emergency Comp Rules

By Michael Whiteley, Southern Bureau ChiefInsurers, employers and a Georgia cost-containment firm are calling for changes to the emergency rules proposed by Oklahoma's new Workers' Compensation Commission to implement wholesale reforms scheduled to take effect next month.The commission proposed 86 pages of emergency rules on Nov. 26 to implement Senate Bill 1062, signed into law last May by Gov. Mary Fallin, and held a public hearing last Thursday to take public comments.Critics contend the commission's proposed rules allow too much time for a transition to a closed drug formulary ...