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The Workplace Injuries Bill
South Carolina rewrites how doctors get paid for workplace injuries
Medical Fee Schedule
Mixed: some good, some bad ·
This bill lets the state board set its own rules for paying doctors who treat injured workers, instead of following strict federal limits and court appeals.
Our take
What we think, in plain words.
Right now, South Carolina has strict limits on how much it can change doctor fees for workplace injuries. This bill throws out those old rules and the court appeals that went with them. Instead, it gives the state workers' compensation board more freedom to set prices. The goal is to keep costs down while making sure injured workers can still find good doctors. It is mostly a rule change for the state, but it means the board will have more power to decide what your care costs without holding special hearings.
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The facts
What the bill actually says, no spin.
- Deletes old rules that tied doctor pay limits to federal programs.
- Removes the rule requiring a special hearing if fees change by more than 10 percent.
- Takes away the right to appeal large fee changes to a judge.
- Lets the state board create new payment schedules to balance good care with lower costs.
- Requires the board to check prices every year and compare them to nearby states.
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