Lawmakers in Louisiana on Monday introduced legislation that would create a Medicare-based fee schedule for workers compensation payers.
H.B. 198, which was sent to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations, aims to create a fee schedule for services that would amount to 150% of what Medicare charges or the actual charge made for the service, whichever is less.
Under current law state, regulators set the reimbursement schedule for drugs, supplies, hospital care and services, and medical and surgical treatment. Changes to the schedule may be made annually.