Injunction Issued Against TWCC Fee Schedule

Yesterday Travis County, Texas, Judge John Dietz issued a temporary injunction against the Medical Fee Guideline (MFG), which was slated to go into effect September 1, 2002. Yesterday it was reported that Texas physicians and the AFL/CIO were jointly protesting the new fee schedule, and that doctors were threatening to stop accepting workers' compensation patients after 9/1 if the schedule went into effect as planned. The two groups had joined in a lawsuit against the TWCC seeking an injunction, alleging that the implementation of the fee schedule violated state law because it was based on the...