Division Proposing Fee Increases, Dispute-Resolution Process

The Colorado Division of Workers’ Compensation is proposing medical fee increases of about 1% to 5% and adoption of new medical-dispute procedures in its annual update to its medical fee schedule and utilization review rules. The division announced Monday that it has scheduled an Aug. 14 public hearing to discuss the proposed changes to Rules 16 and 18. In Rule 18, the division is proposing a conversion factor of $72 for surgery, radiology, pathology and medicine. That would be an increase of about 5% for services in medicine, which currently has a conversion factor of $68.34,&nbs...