BWC to Hold Hearing on Hospital Fee Schedule Changes

The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation is proposing an update to its hospital inpatient fee schedule that would reduce overall payments to hospitals by about $6 million a year. The BWC will hold a public hearing Dec. 18 on the fee changes, which would adopt a number of modifications, including Medicare's final rules on: National standardized amounts. Diagnosis-related groups (DRG) changes. Updates to the International Statistical Classification of Diseases (ICD-10). Payment adjustment factor (PAF) to reflect the statewide reimbursement to a cost benchmark of 114%. Adopt a &ld...