WCC Finalizes New Medical Fee Schedules to Reduce Number of Disputes

After six years of haggling between medical providers and insurers, the Workers’ Compensation Commission has released new and final medical fee schedules, and ground rules on how to apply them. The upcoming switch from a charge-based system has some providers on edge and could create geographic pockets where injured workers cannot access adequate care, said W. Scott Johnson, general counsel of the Medical Society of Virginia. “When Maryland enacted medical fee schedules, I was told that some health care providers were told by comp carriers that to be on their participating pr...