South Carolina S0286 allows the Workers' Compensation Commission to establish and review medical fee schedules annually.

South Carolina S0286 amends the South Carolina Code to allow the Workers' Compensation Commission to establish medical fee schedules and related systems. The commission can adopt criteria for new fee schedules or adjust existing ones, considering various reimbursement systems and methodologies. The commission must review the fee schedules annually, considering factors like the medical consumer price index and other states' fee schedules. Adjustments to existing fee schedules must not exceed ten percent annually and are subject to expedited appeal to the Administrative Law Court.

South Carolina S0286 allows the Workers' Compensation Commission to establish and review medical fee schedules annually.

South Carolina S0286 amends the South Carolina Code to allow the Workers' Compensation Commission to establish medical fee schedules and related systems. The commission can adopt criteria for new fee schedules or adjust existing ones, considering various reimbursement systems and methodologies. The commission must review the fee schedules annually, considering factors like the medical consumer price index and other states' fee schedules. Adjustments to existing fee schedules must not exceed ten percent annually and are subject to expedited appeal to the Administrative Law Court.