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    "ocrText": "STATE OF NEW YORK\nDEPARTMENT OF LABOR\nMINIMUM MEDICAL FEE SCHEDULE\nWHEREAS, heretofore and on or about the 10th day of April 1940, a\nminimum medical fee schedule, established pursuant to Chapters 258 and 930 of\nthe Laws of 1935 amending the Workmen's Compensation Law, was promulgated in the\nform of the printed booklet, pages 5 to 23, inclusive, (hereto annexed marked\nExhibit A to form a part of this order) entitled \"Minimum Fee Schedule for\nMedical Treatment and Care of Injured Employees, If and\nWHEREAS, since the date of such promulgation I duly found it necessary\nand appropriate, in the public interest and in the interest of the proper and\njust administration of the Workmen's Compensation Law, to change and amend the\nminimum medical fee schedule aforesaid:\nNOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 21\nsubdivision 2 of the Labor Law and Section 13 (a) of the Workmen's Compensation\nLaw, I, Industrial Commissioner, hereby establish and promulgate for the State\nof New York Exhibit A (pages 5 to 23), hereto annexed as a schedule of minimum\ncharges and fees for medical treatment and care of injured employees under the\nWorkmen's Compensation Law, subject to the following modifications, amendments\nand changes:\nI) Paragraph numbered \"12\", (page numbered \"6\") of Exhibit A is\nhereby abrogated and repealed and there is hereby substituted in lieu thereof\nthe following paragraph numbered 12:\n12. Multiple injuries treated by one doctor\nrequiring extensive surgical dressings or\ncare are to be charged for the greatest\nplus one-half of the lesser fees but\nlimited to two times the greatest fee.\nSuperficial injuries not requiring extensive\nattention are not to carry cumulative charges.\nX-rays of multiple injuries or parts shall\nbe charged as follows:\n(a) For two contiguous parts, the charge\nshall be the greater fee plus 50% of\nthe lesser fee.\n(b) For two remote parts, the charge shall\nbe the greater fee plus 75% of the lesser\nfee.\n(c) For three or more parts, whether contiguous\nor remote, the charge shall be the greatest\nfee plus 75% of the total of the lesser fees.\n-2-\nThere shall be no charge under this formula for\nx-rays of two or more parts or regions included\nin any line item of the minimum fee schedule.\nNo charge shall be made for comparative x-rays\nexcept when such x-rays are specifically authorized\nby the carrier or industrial commissioner. Com-\nparative x-rays specifically authorized shall be\nsubject to fees for contiguous and remote parts as\nprovided in this formula.\nII) Paragraph numbered \"15\" (page numbered 117\") of Exhibit A is\nhereby abrogated and repealed and there is hereby substituted in lieu thereof\nthe following paragraph numbered 15:\n15. PRORATION OF SCHEDULED UNIT FEE. When the schedule\nspecifies a unit fee for a definite treatment and\nperiod of after care, and the patient is transferred\nfrom one to another physician, the employer (or carrier)\nis responsible for the amount stated in the schedule.\nIf the concerned physicians agree upon amount of\nproration they shall render separate bills accord-\ningly; in the event of no agreement or disagreement,\nthe matter shall be settled by the Board of the\nlocal County Medical Society of the first attending\nphysician, or by an arbitration committee appointed\nby it-without cost to the contestants.\nIII) Lines numbered \"49\", \"50\", and \"58\" (page numbered \"7\") of\nExhibit A are hereby abrogated and repealed and there are substituted in lieu\nthereof the following lines numbered \"49\", \"50\" and \"58\":\n49. First visit, if home call, including reports\n$4.00\n50. First visit, if office visit, including reports\n3.00\n58. Assistant to surgeon\n15.00\n(In hospital with interne staff no\ncharge to be made for service of\ninterne or assistant. This does\nnot apply to items 375, 376, 380\nand 381.)\nIV) Italicized paragraph numbered \"12\" (page numbered \"10\") of\nExhibit A is hereby abrogated and repealed and there is substituted in lieu\nthereof the following paragraph numbered \"12\":\n-3-\n12. Multiple injuries treated by one doctor re-\nquiring extensive surgical dressings or care\nare to be charged for the greatest plus one-\nhalf of the lesser fees but limited to two\ntimes the greatest fee. Superficial injuries\nnot requiring extensive attention are not to\ncarry cumulative charges.\nX-rays of multiple injuries or parts shall be\ncharged as follows:\n(a) For two contiguous parts, the charge\nshall be the greater fee plus 50% of\nthe lesser fee.\n(b) For two remote parts, the charge shall\nbe the greater fee plus 75% of the lesser\nfee.\n(c) For three or more parts, whether con-\ntiguous or remote, the charge shall be\nthe greatest fee plus 75% of the total\nof the lesser fees.\nThere shall be no charge under this formula for\nx-rays of two or more parts or regions included\nin any line item of the minimum fee schedule.\nNo charge shall be made for comparative x-rays\nexcept when such x-rays are specifically\nauthorized by the carrier or industrial com-\nmissioner. Comparative x-rays specifically\nauthorized shall be subject to fees for contiguous\nand remote parts as provided in this formula.\nV)\nLines numbered \"411\" and \"412\" (page numbered \"12\") of Exhibit A\nare hereby abrogated and repealed and there are substituted in lieu thereof\nthe following lines numbered \"411\" and \"412\":\n411. Neurologist or psychiatrist, for subsequent\noffice diagnostic consultation, including\nreport\n$5.00\n412. Neurologist or psychiatrist, for other\nsubsequent office visits, including report\n3.00\n-4-\nVI) Line numbered \"451\" (page numbered \"13\") of Exhibit A is hereby\nabrogated and repealed and there is substituted in lieu thereof the following\nline numbered \"451\":\n451. Nose, subsequent office examination or\nconsultation including report\n$5.00\nVII) On page numbered \"18\" of Exhibit A immediately after line\nnumbered \"804\" there is hereby added a new line numbered \"805\" and reading as\nfollows:\n805. Tissue examination\nД. & A.\nVIII) On page numbered \"18\" of Exhibit A immediately after line\nnumbered \"824\" there are added two new lines numbered \"825\" and \"826\" and read-\ning as follows:\n825. Encephalogram\nA. & A.\n826. Osteomyelitis\nA. & A.\nIX) On page numbered \"22\" of Exhibit A immediately after line\nnumbered \"1250\" there is added a new line numbered \"1250a\" and reading as\nfollows:\n1250a. Foreign body-eye, without precise\nlocalization\n$15.00\nWitness my hand and the seal of the Labor Department this 8th day of\nMarch, 1941.\nTrear S. Hiller\nFrieda S. Miller\nIndustrial Commissioner\nAttest: Rm\nRose Schneiderman\nSecretary"
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