Purpose


The proposed rule amends the existing rule to adopt and incorporate by reference the 2016 Edition of the Florida Workers’ Compensation Health Care Provider Reimbursement Manual, as approved by the Three-Member panel on April 20, 2016, pursuant to paragraph 440.13(12)(a), F.S. The aforementioned manual is updated to incorporate the 2016 Medicare Conversion Factor and Resource Based-Relative Value Scale (RBRVS) geographic-specific reimbursement levels used to determine Maximum Reimbursement Allowances (MRAs) for physician’s services and non-surgical hospital outpatient services provided to Florida’s injured workers.