Board Pitches Changes for PTSD, Medical Equipment, Prior Authorization

The New York Workers' Compensation Board is proposing new rules that add mental stress care to the medical treatment guidelines, dictate new prior authorization procedures and set fees for durable medical equipment. On treatment guidelines, the rules would add post-traumatic stress disorder, acute stress disorder and major depressive disorder to the medical treatment guidelines starting Jan. 1. This would be the latest addition to the guidelines, following new guides for hand, wrist and forearm injuries and for work-related asthma that were adopted in September. On prior approv...