Pilot Reimbursement Program Extended Two Years

The Bureau of Workers’ Compensation has filed Rule 4123-6-01.2, provisional treatment reimbursement approval, with the Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review. Under the pilot program, the BWC administrator can allow one or more managed care organizations to authorize reimbursement requests for the first 60 days from the initial allowance of an identified at-risk claim for any conditions: Within the same body part or parts as the conditions initially allowed in the claim. Presumed to be causally related to the same injury or disease when the conditions for which treatment reimbursemen...