QME Fee Schedule Proposal Prompts Call for Reassessment of Med-Legal System

Rather than trying to clarify the Medical-Legal Fee Schedule, some observers are suggesting that the California Division of Workers’ Compensation undertake more of a soup-to-nuts review of the billing rules, or a broader reassessment of the nearly 14-year-old qualified medical evaluator process. The DWC in May posted to its online forum proposed rules that it says are intended to identify objective standards for the appropriate use of complexity factors used to determine how much a QME will be paid for an exam. Complexity factors take into account how much time a QME spends with an inj...