Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) has signed legislation setting guidelines on determining medical necessity in workers' compensation cases and adding a definition of "utilization review company" to current law.Senate Bill 367 by Sen. Neil Riser, R-Columbia, is being enacted as Act 235 from the past session, which ended on June 4.The bill changes current law to provide that upon the first request for authorization for treatment, instead of upon first payment, for a claimant's medical care, a payer must inform the claimant about the procedure for requesting an independent medical examinat...
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