Task Force Emerging as Compromise in Fee Fight

By Michael Whiteley, CorrespondentA compromise in the debate about hospital fees in the Florida workers' compensation system cleared a key committee in the state Senate Tuesday in the form of legislation that would create a 17-member task force to study the issue and report back to lawmakers in January 2015.The Senate Health Policy Committee voted unanimously to approve Senate Bill 1580 after adopting amendments that remove representatives of three key groups involved in the debate from the proposed Workers' Compensation Task Force.The task force was initially proposed last week by the...