DIR Public Hearings on Proposed Fee Changes

A public hearing will be held by the Department of Industrial Relations tomorrow, September 26, 2000 at 10 a.m. in the Carmel Auditorium of the State Office Building, 320 West 4th Street, Los Angeles regarding proposed amendments to the inpatient hospital component of the California Workers' Compensation Official Medical Fee Schedule. One of the more controversial amendments would create a method of reimbursement determination wheere the hospital's billed charges exceed five times the amount that would otherwise be paid under the current Diagnostic Related Group (DRG) system. The proposed me...