STATE ACTIVITIES:
January 2017 VIEW PUBLICATION →
FEE SCHEDULE NEWS:
- The state has adopted changes to the Inpatient, ASC and Emergency Room Hospital Fee Schedule effective July 1, 2016. The next expected update is scheduled for July 1, 2017.
- The state has also released their new Physician Fee Schedule with an effective date of July 15, 2016.
REGULATORY ACTIVITY:
- Rhode Island had released two new forms regarding electronic payments.
LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS:
- Senate Bill 2045 Sub A
This act increases the daily reimbursement for members of the medical advisory board from three hundred dollars ($300) to five hundred dollars ($500). It postpones from the years 2021 to the year 2023 the partial incapacity benefits deadline. The act extends the commencement date of the payments to employees of uninsured employers’ statute from January 1, 2017, to July 1, 2017. It changes the mileage rate that employees who attend medical examinations or rehabilitation are paid to the Internal Revenue Service allowable rate and how the distance for the visit is calculated. This act authorizes the Director of Labor and Training to recover the cost of legal services and fees incurred in fraud investigations and examinations. Effective Date July 13, 2016.
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