Health Lobby Vows to Fight Medical Fee Schedule

By Peter Mantius, Northern Bureau ChiefA draft workers’ compensation bill in Wisconsin prepared by the state's labor-management advisory council that would establish a medical fee schedule threatens to trigger a “holy war,” one lobbyist said Friday.“Both sides (labor and management) on the council wanted to find money, so they took a bat to the health community,” said Mark M. Grapentine, a senior vice president of government relations for the Wisconsin Medical Society. “We didn’t have a seat at the table,” he added. “This will caus...