DWC Increases IBR Fees in Emergency Regs

By Greg Jones, Western Bureau ChiefAn amended version of regulations to implement independent bill review increases the fee to $335 and will likely draw even more ire from medical providers who said the $325 fee initially proposed was too high.“Is the whole world going crazy?” said Reid Steinfeld, an attorney who specializes in medical collections and was critical of the proposed $325 fee, said in an email to WorkCompCentral. “Now my co-workers are mad at me for my comments. They think the insurance company gave me a giant FU.”In comments submitted to the division in re...