Joe Paduda:

Providers are getting more “creative” than ever these days, with some - especially in California - taking advantage of loopholes in fee schedules to bill outrageous amounts for “services” with questionable impact on injured workers’ recovery.

Highly encourage my workers’ comp readers sign up for WCRI’s September 3 webinar addressing “Trends in Non-Price-Controlled Services.”

Of particular interest is the growing prevalence of unlisted codes in physical medicine (PM). Last year saw a huge jump in PM services coded as 97799 - “unlisted physical medicine”.

WCRI’s research gives you actionable information. Is your payer doing something about this?

Read the full article here.  For more information on the webinar, visit its page on our website.  You can register here.