Category: Florida Workers’ Compensation
Nov 24, 2008
The Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation Medicare Reimbursement Manual Panel met on Thursday, November 20, 2008 to consider testimony and comments regarding proposed Rule 69L-7.501 relating to Medicare’s Outpatient Prospective Payment System (“OPPS”). If approved, this Rule would adopt OPPS …
Nov 24, 2008
On Friday, November 21, 2008, the Florida Department of Financial Services, Division of Workers’ Compensation, scheduled a Rule hearing regarding the following proposed Rule: 69L-7.020: Florida Workers’ Compensation Health Care Provider Reimbursement Manual (2008 Edition) The proposed Rule would implement …
Nov 21, 2008
The Florida Workers Compensation Joint Underwriting Association (“FWCJUA”) held an Audit Committee (“Committee”) meeting on November 19, 2008 to review the Audit Committee Charter Procedures Checklist (“Checklist”). Checklist items presented by FWCJUA Executive Director Laura Torrence and reviewed by the …
Nov 18, 2008
A public Rulemaking Development Workshop was held on November 17, 2008 by the Florida Office of Financial Services, Division of Workers’ Compensation to discuss proposed Rules and the name change of Ch. 69L-56, F.A.C. to “Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Requirements for …
Nov 14, 2008
The National Council on Compensation Insurance (“NCCI”) submitted an amended workers’ compensation rate filing to the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) today, November 14, 2008, in response to the Supreme Court of Florida opinion in Murray v. Mariners Health/ACE …
Nov 10, 2008
On Monday, November 10, 2008, the Florida Department of Financial Services (“DFS”), Division of Workers’ Compensation held a public Workshop on proposed Rule 69L-6.028 entitled “Procedures for Imputing Payroll and Penalty Calculations.” The proposed Rule would give DFS an alternative …
Nov 3, 2008
On Friday, October 31, 2008, the Florida Workers’ Compensation Joint Underwriting Committee (“FWCJUA”) held an Investment Committee (“Committee”) meeting to review the investment portfolio for compliance. At its September 26 meeting, the Committee authorized an investment policy exception to continue …
Oct 28, 2008
The Florida Chamber of Commerce (“Chamber”) released an update on last week’s Supreme Court decision to invalidate the attorney fee caps passed with the 2003 workers’ compensation reforms. The Chamber’s update is reprinted below for your review. Should you …
Oct 23, 2008
The Florida Supreme Court issued a decision today, October 23, 2008, in the case of Murray v. Mariners Health/ACE USA. The Supreme Court decision reverses the 2006 First District Court of Appeal decision in Murray v. Mariners Health/ACE USA, which …
Oct 15, 2008
Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty announced today, October 15, 2008, that he has disapproved the National Council on Compensation Insurance’s (“NCCI”) August 27, 2008 rate filing for workers’ compensation insurance rates that would have become effective January 1, 2009. Commissioner …