The medical fee schedule includes increases per the 2011 medical consumer price index. The fee schedule sets out billing and reimbursement information for providers, the trauma activation fee, hospital emergency departments, ambulatory surgical centers, pharmaceuticals, durable medical equipment, custom orthotics and prosthetics, home health services, permanent partial disability, back school, and functional capacity evaluations. The changes went into effect on Feb. 1.
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