Commission Posts Fee Schedule Help While Changes Loom

By Bill Kidd, Central Bureau ChiefAnyone needing assistance in using Illinois’ medical fee schedule can find help online on the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission website — where the agency has posted questions, answers and a PowerPoint presentation.But the fee schedule remains a “work in progress,” and some changes may be ahead, such as how payment is calculated for implantable medical devices.Glen Boyle, project director for True Course Medical Data Analysis and Claims Services in Milwaukee, who has worked on the Illinois fee schedule since 2005, told Wor...