4123-6-37.3 Payment of ambulatory surgical center services.

 

 

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

 

The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation will hold a public hearing on Friday, February 11, 2011, at 2:00 p.m., in Room 1, 2nd Floor, 30 West Spring Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215, to consider the following:

 

Amendment of the following rule for the purpose as shown below:

 

4123-6-37.3    Payment of ambulatory surgical center services.

 

BWC is proposing to amend this rule to update reimbursement rates for ambulatory surgical center services.

 

Under the proposed rule, unless an MCO has negotiated a different payment rate with an ambulatory surgical center, reimbursement for ambulatory surgical center services with a date of service of April 1, 2011 or after shall be equal to the lesser of the ambulatory surgical center's allowable billed charges or the BWC fee schedule for such services.

 

 

 

The full and complete text of the proposed rules is available at the Register of Ohio (http://www.registerofohio.state.oh.us) and is on file in the office of the Secretary of State (180 East Broad Street, 15th Floor, Columbus, Ohio), the Legislative Service Commission (77 South High Street, 9th Floor, Columbus, Ohio), the office of the Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review (77 South High Street, Concourse Level, Columbus, Ohio), the Bureau of Workers' Compensation, Legal Operations (30 West Spring Street, 26th Floor, Columbus, Ohio), the Bureau of Workers' Compensation (30 West Spring Street, Columbus, Ohio, 1st Floor, Hearing Rooms), and all service offices of the Bureau.

 

All interested parties will be given an opportunity to be heard. Any interested party unable to attend the public hearing may submit written comments to the undersigned prior to the public hearing.

 

THE OHIO BUREAU OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION

 

 

Tom Sico

Assistant General Counsel

Bureau of Workers' Compensation 30 West Spring Street, L-26 Columbus, Ohio 43215-2256

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