Developing Home Health Care Fee Schedule a complex Process

OAKLAND, Calif. – Developing a home health care fee schedule for California's workers' compensation system might appear a relatively straightforward task, but a public hearing Tuesday in Oakland made clear that's not necessarily the case. Stephen Branson, client relations regional manager for Century Pacific Medical Inc., said after the meeting that Senate Bill 863 dispatched many of the concerns regarding in-home treatment provided to injured workers by limiting the types of services for which family members can be paid and limiting the liability of carriers for service...