Connecticut Workers' Compensation Commission Chairman John Mastropietro said Friday that the first step toward drafting a hospital fee schedule will be to figure out what employers and insurers are paying hospitals now. The Connecticut state Senate on Wednesday gave final legislative approval to a bill directing the commission to adopt a hospital fee schedule based on Medicare rates by Jan. 1, 2015. The bill is now on Gov. Dannel Malloy's desk.Mastropietro said in an interview with WorkCompCentral Friday that working with stakeholders and settling on an appropriate fee schedule in less...
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