Committee Approves Study of Bill-Review Costs

A policy committee in the Hawaii House of Representatives approved a resolution calling for a study of the extent to which medical bill review drives workers’ compensation costs. The House Labor Committee voted 4-0 on Friday to approve Senate Concurrent Resolution 54, by Sen. Jill N. Tokuda, D-Kane’ohe. The resolution declares the importance of preventing “medical bill-review costs from becoming an unreasonable cost driver of health care in workers’ compensation claims.” The state auditor would be required to prepare preliminary findings on the impact of bil...