BWC Proposes Changes to Medical Provider, Hospital Inpatient Fee Schedules

The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation is seeking comments on two proposed fee schedule rules. Changes are proposed to the Professional Provider Medical Services Fee Schedule, which would take effect Jan. 1, and the Hospital Inpatient Reimbursement Rule, which would take effect Feb. 1. The proposed Hospital Inpatient Reimbursement Rule would add an option for hospitals to be reimbursed on a per diem basis for inpatient detoxification services. In that case, the hospital would be reimbursed the lesser of the charges billed by the hospital for the services, the all-inclusive per d...