Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules

611 W. Ottawa Street

Lansing, MI 48909

Phone: 517-335-8658 Fax: 517-335-9512

AGENCY REPORT TO THE

JOINT COMMITEE ON ADMNINISTRATIVE RULES (JCAR)

1. Agency Information

Agency name:

Labor and Economic Opportunity

Division/Bureau/Office:

Workers' Compensation Agency

Name of person completing this form:

Dave Campbell

Phone number of person completing this form:

517-284-8891

E-mail of person completing this form:

campbelld5@michigan.gov

Name of Department Regulatory Affairs Officer reviewing this form:

Thomas Shaver

2. Rule Set Information

MOAHR assigned rule set number:

2020-26 LE

Title of proposed rule set:

Workers’ Compensation Health Care Services (HCS)

3. Purpose for the proposed rules and background:

The HCS Rules are updated annually in order to provide the Agency’s external customers with

updated health care fee schedules for reimbursement to providers for treatment of injured workers,

and to guide providers and payers on the scope of reimbursement. The HCS rules must maintain

consistency with the most recent medical indexes, billing codes and fee schedules published by

Medicare and other entities, in a timely fashion.

4. Summary of proposed rules:

The HCS Rules are updated annually in order to provide the Agency’s external customers with

updated health care fee schedules for reimbursement to providers for treatment of injured workers,

and to guide providers and payers on the scope of reimbursement. The HCS rules must maintain

consistency with the most recent medical indexes, billing codes and fee schedules published by

Medicare and other entities, in a timely fashion.

5. List names of newspapers in which the notice of public hearing was published and

publication dates:

MCL 24.242 and 24.245

Agency Report to JCAR-Page 2

Ann Arbor News Daily Edition June 13, 2021

Detroit Legal News June 17, 2021

The Mining Journal June 18, 2021

6. Date of publication of rules and notice of public hearing in Michigan Register:

7/1/2021

7. Date, time, and location of public hearing:

7/7/2021 11:00 AM at Room L-150, Cadillac Place Bldg. , 3026 W Grand Blvd, Detroit, MI

8. Provide the link the agency used to post the regulatory impact statement and cost-benefit

analysis on its website:

https://ARS.apps.lara.state.mi.us/Transaction/RFRTransaction?TransactionID=154

9. List of the name and title of agency representative(s) attending public hearing:

Jack Nolish, WDCA Director

Deb Outwater, WDCA Executive Secretary

David Campbell, WDCA Agency Division Director

Kris Kloc, WDCA Medical Claims Analyst

10. Persons submitting comments of support:

No Comments of Support

11. Persons submitting comments of opposition:

No Comments of Opposition

12. Identify any changes made to the proposed rules based on comments received during the