House Bill No. by Representative Echols aims to amend the Louisiana Workers' Compensation Law by establishing a new medical fee reimbursement schedule. The bill mandates that the assistant secretary of the office of workers' compensation administration will create this schedule for various medical services, treatments, and supplies. The reimbursement will be capped at either the amount due under Medicare multiplied by one and a half or the actual charge for the service, whichever is lower. This replaces the previous requirement that the reimbursement be based on the mean of the usual and customary charges.

Additionally, the bill repeals the assistant secretary's authority to collect certain information and calculate the reimbursement schedule, as well as the confidentiality provisions related to this data. Specifically, it removes sections that required the assistant secretary to gather data for establishing the reimbursement schedule and maintain its confidentiality. Overall, the bill streamlines the reimbursement process while eliminating previous requirements for data collection and confidentiality.

Statutes affected:
HB198 Original: 23:2(A), 23:2(C)(2)