Bill Seeks to Make Private Insurance a Comp Middleman

Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday introduced a bill that would permit medical care providers to first bill an injured worker’s health insurer for costs related to care and seek reimbursement from an employer’s workers’ compensation insurer if a claim is accepted. HB 391, which was sent to the House Insurance Committee, would cover “all medical treatment rendered by a provider to an employee during an emergency, appointment, outpatient visit, in-home visit or inpatient stay, including surgery, procedures, therapies and rehabilitative or convalescent care, all of wh...