RD517 - 2015 Report on Medical Fee Schedules and Data in Workers’ Compensation - December 15, 2015


Executive Summary:
Findings and recommendations of the work group convened to advise and assist the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission in (i) reviewing, analyzing, and comparing information contained within and reports on all possible databases containing workers’ compensation or health care data for medical services rendered in Virginia, (ii) reviewing, analyzing, and comparing information contained within and reports on how similar databases are used for the establishment of the pecuniary liability of the employer in other states, and (iii) making findings or recommendations as to how the databases reviewed and the contents thereof may serve to enhance or replace Virginia's current mechanisms for establishing the pecuniary liability of the employer.