IL WC PPP Status Update (Part 1)

IDOI-Approved WC PPPs

Beginning shortly after the passage of HB 1698/Public Act 97-18 in 2011, the IDOI began to accept and review applications for the new Workers' Compensation Preferred Provider Programs (WC PPPs).

On January 1, 2012, the IDOI listed three networks, including HFN, as IDOI-Approved Workers’ Compensation Preferred Provider Program Administrators. The application review and approval process was based on the requirements detailed in HB 1698/Public Act 97-18.

Currently, there are six companies that appear on the IDOI’s Approved WC PPP Administrator list. All current and future WC PPP Administrators will need to show compliance with the WC PPP regulatory updates to the Illinois Insurance Code, once those updates are finalized and implemented.

 

Illinois Insurance Code updates

The definitions, rules, and regulations for IL WC PPPs are not finalized as of this post.

The Illinois Department of Insurance (IDOI) submitted its proposed revisions of the IL Insurance Code to the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR), and JCAR published those proposed changes on April 27, 2012 in Volume 36, Issue 17 of the Illinois Register (beginning with PDF page 286).

As part of the JCAR process, all interested parties were permitted to submit public comments about the proposed regulatory changes to the IDOI up until the June 11, 2012 deadline. At this point, JCAR has not addressed the modifications to the existing 50 Ill. Adm. Code 2051 with the IDOI at any of its monthly meetings, and, as of this post, the IDOI is not scheduled on the agenda for JCAR’s next meeting on October 16, 2012.