Senate advances workers' compensation transparency bill creating medical-claims database (SB408)
Senator Myers said SB408 would create an all-workers' compensation medical claims database to modernize reimbursement and billing, preserve current fee schedules until legislative oversight approves changes, and include penalties for payers who fail to report data; the Senate voted to pass SB408 on final reading.
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Senator Myers described Senate Bill 408 as a measure to modernize Louisiana's workers' compensation medical reimbursement system by establishing a statewide medical claims database. The sponsor said the database would let the state use real Louisiana payment data to update and maintain the fee schedule, move toward electronic medical billing, strengthen timely-payment oversight, and attach penalties for payers who fail to report required data.
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