Update Would Increase Surgical Fees by an Average of 17%

An update of the Arizona Industrial Commission's medical fee schedule proposed by staff would bring double-digit increases for hundreds of procedures, a spreadsheet analysis by WorkCompCentral shows.The Industrial Commission proposes an average increase of 17.1% for 1,729 surgery codes, with fees for 147 procedures set to go up by 100% or more. A proposed update of 122 evaluation and management codes would bring an average increase of 14.2% and a proposed update of 49 physical medicine codes would bring an average increase of 15.7%.Industrial Commission Executive Director Laura McGrory sai...