Bill Proposes Medicare-Based Fee Schedule and Hourly Attorney Fees

Florida would move to a Medicare-based fee schedule and make other workers’ compensation reforms in response to a pair of state Supreme Court decisions, under a bill introduced Tuesday. House Bill 7085, sponsored by Rep. Danny Burgess, R-Zephyrhills and chairman of the House Insurance and Banking Subcommittee, would increase the duration of total temporary wage-replacement benefits from 104 weeks to 260 weeks, in accordance with the high court’s decision in Bradley Westphal v. City of St. Petersburg. The bill also would address the court’s ruling in Marvin Castellanos v...