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Workers’ Compensation Medical Fee Schedule Rule 40.
Vermont Proposed Rule: 26P019
AGENCY: Department of Labor
CONCISE SUMMARY: Medical providers who care for injured workers covered by a workers’ compensation policy are required to bill for their services using the Workers’ Compensation Medical Fee Schedule. It is vital to the health of the workers’ compensation system that such fees be sufficient to ensure the provision of services, without being so generous as to increase the cost of insurance coverage. The rule generally modestly raises reimbursement amounts, adds a far more robust table of Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) and Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes, and provides for annual indexing going forward using Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)”market basket” factors, capped at 3% annually.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Dirk Anderson, Department of Labor, PO Box 488, Montpelier VT 05601-0488 Tel: 1-802-828-4391 Fax: 1-802-828-2195 E-Mail: dirk.anderson@vermont.gov URL: https://labor.vermont.gov.
FOR COPIES: Berrian Eno-Van Fleet, Department of Labor, PO Box 488, Montpelier VT 05601-0488 Tel: 1-802-828-2286 Fax: 1-802-828-2195 E-Mail: berrian.eno-vanfleet@vermont.gov.