Revised Fee Schedule Increases Provider Payments

Arizona's Industrial Commission adopted a revised Physician Fee Schedule that will increase reimbursements by an average of 4.54% beginning in October, according to a WorkCompCentral analysis. The commission said the National Council on Compensation Insurance estimates the changes will result in an overall increase in system costs of 1.1%. While the average overall increase in reimbursement in the adopted fee schedule is the same as what the commission proposed in March, there were some minor changes to the percentage change for various sections of the fee schedule. Specifically, r...