SC H3874

Amends Section 42-15-90 of the South Carolina Code to grant the Workers' Compensation Commission authority to establish medical fee schedules and related systems, including procedures for charge review, enforcement, and implementation

Requires the commission to balance quality medical care delivery, injured worker access to primary and specialist care, and cost control when setting fee schedules

Allows the commission to use various reimbursement methodologies, including applying multiple conversion factors to relative value scale calculations

Permits the commission to retain experts to assist in developing fee schedules and related systems

Mandates annual review of fee schedules, considering factors such as the medical consumer price index and workers' compensation fee schedules from other regional states