Comp Experts Predicting another Temporary Fix for Medicare RBRVS

By Michael Whiteley, Eastern Bureau ChiefCommittees of the U.S. House and Senate are scheduled today to debate the permanent removal of the sustainable growth rate as a means of adjusting Medicare's Resource-Based Relative Value Scale, which is widely used by the states to set maximum fees for medical services to injured workers. But workers' compensation experts are predicting Congress, before heading home for Christmas, will come up with another temporary fix to the method used by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to cap reimbursements.The U.S. Senate Finance Committee w...