HF2478 Summary

• Maximum attorney fee for workers' compensation cases limited to 20 percent of first $130,000 of compensation awarded, with cumulative fees not exceeding $26,000 per injury.

• Workers' compensation payers must electronically submit medical records using ASC X12N 275 transaction standard and provide patient name and control number with all payments by January 1, 2017.

• Employer liability for treatment at Critical Access Hospitals and hospitals with 100 or fewer licensed beds limited to hospital's usual and customary charge unless determined unreasonably excessive.

• Intervenors in workers' compensation cases no longer required to attend all conferences and hearings; attendance only mandatory if ordered by compensation judge or permission granted to participate remotely.

• Disputes regarding home modifications for permanently disabled employees decided by compensation judge at Office of Administrative Hearings, appealable to Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals.