Proposed Fee Schedule Released

Kansas has released its proposed workers' compensation medical fee schedule for 2017. The fee schedule would increase reimbursement to most doctors by 3%, and dentists by 10%. The Department of Labor lists some of the most important revisions as: Increasing the hourly rate for depositions, testimony and independent medical exams to $400 for the first hour. Increasing the cost of reviewing the first 50 pages of medical records for a deposition or IME to $100, and $75 for each additional 50 pages. Compounded drugs must be pre-approved by the payer. Compounded drugs and physician-disp...