Current Status Bill Number:4047 Type of Legislation:Joint Resolution JR Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19970417 Primary Sponsor:Judiciary Committee HJ 25 All Sponsors:Judiciary Committee Drafted Document Number:gjk\20568ac.97 Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Judiciary Committee 11 SJ Subject:Regulation No. 2166, Workers' Compensation Commission, Medical reports, physician's fees, hospital charges
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved
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Senate 19970501 Introduced, read first time, 11 SJ
referred to Committee
House 19970430 Read third time, sent to Senate
House 19970429 Read second time
House 19970417 Introduced, read first time
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INTRODUCED
April 17, 1997
H. 4047
S. Printed 4/17/97--H.
Read the first time April 17, 1997.
TO APPROVE REGULATIONS OF THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION, RELATING TO MEDICAL REPORTS, PHYSICIAN'S FEES, AND HOSPITAL CHARGES, DESIGNATED AS REGULATION DOCUMENT NUMBER 2166, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 23, TITLE 1 OF THE 1976 CODE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The regulations of the Workers' Compensation Commission, relating to medical reports, physician's fees, and hospital charges, designated as Regulation Document Number 2166, and submitted to the General Assembly pursuant to the provisions of Article 1, Chapter 23, Title 1 of the 1976 Code, are approved.
SECTION 2. This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
SUMMARY AS SUBMITTED BY PROMULGATING AGENCY.
The commission proposes to substantially amend Article 13 so as to address changing practice in medical treatment and to reflect changes in commission practice in the medical payment system. These final regulations establish change in virtually every section of Article 13 as previously written.
Section-by-Section Discussion:
Table of Contents: The Analysis Line of each Regulation has
been changed.
67-1301 Revised to simplify wording and eliminate the filing of various reports.
67-1302 Revised language for clarity in the explanation of a new system of payment based on a relative value scale and a conversion factor set by the commission.
67-1303 Revised to implement a new hospital payment schedule for inpatient services.
67-1304 Revised to address hospital outpatient services and ambulatory surgical centers which were not widely used when the regulations were first promulgated.
67-1305 Revised to concisely plan for review of all medical bills and for the resolution of any contested medical bills submitted to the commission for review because of noncompliance with payment guidelines.
67-1306 Revised to reflect actual practice of the commission which is a change since this regulation was first promulgated.