Provider Input Wanted as New Medical Fee Schedules Undergo Development

The Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission will take feedback from various health care providers on Oct. 11 as the agency develops its medical fee schedules. Earlier this year, the General Assembly passed House Bill 378 and directed the commission to adopt, effective Jan. 1, 2018, regulations that establish fee schedules that set the maximum liability of employers for medical services provided to injured workers. The commission last month selected a Melville, New York-based actuarial firm as the vendor to develop and implement medical fee schedules aimed at reducing the 2,000 medica...