Fee Dispute Requests Can Now Be Sent by Email

Effective this week, health care providers and pharmacy processing agents can request medical fee dispute resolutions via email, the Texas Division of Workers' Compensation said. Per a rule adopted in January, the request document, DWC Form 060, can be sent via email to MedFeeDispute-Submission@tdi.texas.gov, through secure file transfer protocol or through fax. The fax number is 512-490-1044. The change was prompted after regulators realized that about 70% of the medical fee dispute requests in recent years have come from 15 entities. “Moving those requests to electronic tra...