Medical Fee Schedule Increases 3.8%

The Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission announced that rates in the state's workers' compensation medical fee schedule will increase by 3.8% effective Jan. 1, 2007. The commission reported the increase was triggered by provisions in the Illinois Workers' Compensation Act, which tied medical fee increases to the inflation rate. Specifically, the increase is based on a rise in the Consumer Price Index between August 2005 and August 2006. The increase applies to all treatment on or after Jan. 1. In announcing the increase, the commission said the Workers' Compensation Research Institute ...