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MINIMUM MEDICAL FEE SCHEDULE
1. Section 13 (a) (Workmen's Compensation Law) requires that the employer
shall provide medical care for injured employees and that the Commis-
sioner shall establish and promulgate "a schedule for the State, or sched-
ules limited to defined localities, of minimum charges and fees for such
medical treatment and care"-etc. And further, "All fees and other
charges for such treatment and services shall be limited to such charges
as prevail in the same community for similar treatment of injured persons
of like standard of living."
2. This schedule to apply to the entire State of New York, effective immedi-
ately.
3. MINIMUM FEES. Section 13-d 2 (d), requires that the Commissioner
shall remove from the list of physicians authorized to render medical care
any one who "has rendered medical service under this Chapter for a fee
less than fixed by the Commissioner as the minimum rate in his locality."
Section 13 (a) says, "The amounts payable by the employer for such treat-
ment and services shall in no case be less than the fees and charges estab-
lished by such schedule."
4. Nothing in this schedule shall prevent voluntary payment of amounts
higher than the fees and charges fixed therein, but no physician rendering
medical treatment or care may receive payment in any higher amount
unless such increased amount has been authorized by the employer or by
decision as provided in Section 13-g herein.
5. Section 13-b 1 (g). Authorization of physician by Commissioner. "No
person shall render medical care under this Chapter without such author-
ization of the Commissioner"
etc.
EXCEPTIONS:
A. Any licensed physician may render emergency care.
B. Any member of a constituted hospital staff may render care while
the patient remains within the institution.
C. Technical assistants when under active personal direction of an
authorized physician.
D. Registered physiotherapists under written specific direction of
authorized physician.
6. NO CLAIM for medical or surgical treatment is valid or enforceable
unless
WITHIN 48 HOURS, (*) following first treatment, a preliminary report
(C-104) is filed; and
WITHIN 15 DAYS, (*) thereafter, a complete report (C-4) is filed.
Addendum A.
PROGRESS REPORTS
If the attending physician is requested in writing by the employer,
carrier, Industrial Board or Industrial Commissioner, he shall file a
progress report on a form to be provided, every three weeks (or at less
frequent intervals if so requested)
EXCEPTIONS:
If patient is discharged from treatment within 48 hours after first
treatment, only a notarized C-4 report shall be filed marked "FINAL."
Make triplicate record. Send one to your district office of the State Depart-
ment of Labor (see back of blanks). Send one to carrier, if known, or employer.
Keep one for your record.
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