Electronic Billing Slowly Spreading in Comp

By Eddie Curran WCC correspondent It seems old fashioned, even quaint. But in most states, many medical providers and payers of workers’ comp claims still deal in paper with bills sent by mail or fax, and payments made through mailed checks. Slowly but surely, that’s changing, with Tennessee having just joined the growing number of states with laws governing so-called e-billing, and Virginia likely to do so soon. “The whole idea is to improve the system by facilitating billing and payments so it all happens a lot faster,” said James J. Szablewicz, the chief deputy co...