Efforts at Voluntary Compliance with Electronic Transfer Mandate Lead to Symposium

Compliance problems with the use of Minnesota’s electronic billing system for workers’ compensation cases have bedeviled the initiative since its implementation in 2009. Rather than fine and punish non-compliant users, the state Department of Health has instead opted to strive for voluntary compliance. David Haugen, director of the Center for Health Care Purchasing and Improvement at the Health Department, told WorkCompCentral that the intent of the law governing the electronic transfer system, Section 62J.536 of the Minnesota Statutes, is to work with non-compliant users rather ...