Utilization Review Language Will Be Subject of Public Hearing

Tennessee will hold a public hearing Aug. 31 on new rule changes within the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation. The amended rules are housekeeping measures designed to align the bureau’s rules on utilization review with the same language contained in state statutes, said Dr. Robert Snyder, medical director of the state Bureau of Workers’ Compensation. The Tennessee legislature passed comprehensive workers’ comp reform in 2013, effective in 2014. It created a new administrative Court of Workers’ Compensation Claims within the Bureau of Workers’ Compensatio...