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 procedures increasing from 140 percent of Medicare to 210 percent. Hopefully this will bring more […]

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, an injury or disease can no longer reasonably be anticipated, based upon reasonable medical probability. As […]

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 – Taking of Bears (not sure whether you can or cannot take bears but I’m […]

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 level and the timing, and the likely […]

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 claimant.  While that does hold true, the one exception is communicating appointment information to […]