Bill Would Let Labor Commission Set Hospital Fees

The Utah Senate unanimously passed a bill that would allow the Labor Commission to adopt a fee schedule for hospital services. The Senate on Wednesday voted 26-0 to pass SB 190, by Sen. Scott D. Sandall, R-Tremonton. Utah lawmakers in 2018 created a study group to investigate hospital costs. The council supported setting hospital rates at some percentage of what Medicare pays, but members could not agree on what that percentage should be. Ryan Andrus, senior vice president and general counsel for WCF Insurance, a mutual corporation and successor to the state-chartered Workers' Comp...