Bill Would Expand List of Firefighter Cancers With Enhanced Reimbursement

A Hawaii lawmaker introduced a bill that would expand the list of cancers for which providers are entitled to enhanced reimbursement rates on firefighter workers' compensation claims. Hawaii law authorizes reimbursement rates ranging from 110% to 150% of the Medicare Resource-Based Relative Value Scale rate if a claim for certain cancers filed by a firefighter with at least five years of experience is accepted or determined to be compensable. HB 2387 would add to the list of covered conditions adenocarcinoma or mesothelioma of the respiratory system, malignant melanoma and canc...