Judge Questions Agency's Delay on Guideline

AUSTIN, Texas -- A state district judge questioned a Texas Division of Workers' Compensation representative Wednesday regarding the division's failure to adopt a hospital fee guideline based on Medicare charges, despite a legislative directive to do so. Travis County 353rd District Judge Margaret Cooper quizzed Allen McDonald, division director of information management services, during the second day of a trial on interpretation of the stop-loss provision in the current hospital fee guideline. The Texas Legislature directed the former Workers' Compensation Commission to adopt a Medicare...