Governor Signs Bill to Set Reimbursement for Emergency Services at 250% of Medicare

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill that requires workers’ compensation payments for emergency services that aren’t subject to a maximum reimbursement allowance be set at 250% of what Medicare pays for the same service. DeSantis on Thursday enacted House Bill 989, a multifaceted measure that also gives the state some oversight of the association that serves as a backstop and pays claims when self-insured employers become insolvent, and it modifies requirements relating to a non-comp program that provides benefits to firefighters with cancer. HB 989 would direct the Department...