Effort to Break Ties with RBRVS Likely Dead for the Session

By Michael Whiteley, Eastern Bureau ChiefAn effort by the South Carolina Workers' Compensation Commission (WCC) for the authority to adopt a fee schedule that isn't tied to Medicare's pricing system appears to be dead for the 2012 legislative session because of fears over what future commissions might do, officials confirmed on Wednesday.A special subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee met on Wednesday morning and took no action on proposed Regulation 67-1302(A), which the commission voted to send to the South Carolina Legislature for approval last September.Under South Car...