by EC_Admin | Jun 18, 2024 | Morgan's Tips of the Week
Greetings, yesterday the Governor signed the pending bill SB 362 increasing the FL WC medical fee schedule effective 1/1/2025. The increase for medical services is from 110 percent to 175 percent of the reimbursement amount allowed by Medicare, with surgical...
by EC_Admin | Jun 17, 2024 | Morgan's Tips of the Week
Greetings, Florida has some nuances regarding Maximum Medical Improvement (MMI), so here are some reminders: MMI is defined in the statute as 440.02(10) “Date of maximum medical improvement” means the date after which further recovery from, or lasting improvement to,...
by EC_Admin | Jun 11, 2024 | Morgan's Tips of the Week
Greetings, An update on the pending bill increasing the Florida fee schedule for physicians. The bill was finally officially sent to the Governor for signature on Friday 6/7/24 (along with a slew of other bills to sign including CS/HB 87...
by EC_Admin | May 29, 2024 | Morgan's Tips of the Week
Greetings, You may recall a Tip that I did last year about a potential drastic change to how the Fla 1st DCA was applying the Statute of Limitations in the Annalie Ortiz v. Winn-Dixie, Inc (1D21-0885) case The DCA’s opinion in Ortiz was put on hold pending Motions for...
by EC_Admin | May 6, 2024 | Morgan's Tips of the Week
Greetings, As you may have heard, there are proposed changes at the Federal level regarding the use of medical marijuana. As of right now there has been no official change yet, but here is a recap of where we are in Florida, the proposed changes at the Federal...
by EC_Admin | Apr 30, 2024 | Morgan's Tips of the Week
Greetings, there is a lot of confusion surrounding contact with a claimant who is represented by an attorney in Florida. Very often, the claimant’s attorney advises that neither the adjuster nor the nurse case manager can have any contact with the...
