WCB Says 'Fitting Fees' and 'Services Fees' Not Allowed

Soliciting or receiving payments from a third party for chiropractic or other health care treatment and services is not allowed, New York State Workers’ Compensation Board Chairwoman Clarissa M. Rodriguez said in a statement. “The chair’s investigation revealed a practice whereby certain suppliers of durable medical equipment had entered into service agreements with certain health care providers, primarily doctors of chiropractic medicine, under which such providers would be paid a fee (‘fitting fee’) in connection with prescriptions for DME for workers’ co...