IL WC PPP Status Update (Part 2)

IDOI’s Terminology Changes

When the IDOI submitted its proposed WC PPP regulatory modifications, it updated or clarified the preferred provider program terminology:

Health Care Preferred Provider Program (HC PPP) Administrator

Formerly referred to as the Preferred Provider Program Administrator (PPA). The HC PPP is a new term for the current/traditional PPOs and PPAs, which applies to both group health and workers’ compensation (no WC employer direction) networks. The IDOI already updated its website to reflect this change in terminology:
Approved Health Care Preferred Provider Program Administrators
Provisionally Approved Health Care Preferred Provider Program Administrators ("Provisionally approved" refers to previously approved companies with renewal applications submitted to the IDOI).

Workers’ Compensation Preferred Provider Program (WC PPP) Administrator

Created by HB 1698/Public Act 97-18. This term refers to the new workers’ compensation designation that allows employer direction into an IDOI-Approved WC PPP network.
Approved Workers’ Compensation Preferred Provider Program Administrators

IWCC’s WC PPP Notification Form

For any employer with a designated IDOI-approved WC PPP, an employee must receive the IWCC’s official Notice of Preferred Provider Program for Workers’ Compensation Medical Care. That official form is available on the IWCC website in either English or Spanish. All IWCC forms, including optional WC PPP notification forms, are located in the Forms Section of the IWCC website.


Click here for Part 1 of the WC PPP Status Update (IDOI-proposed regulatory changes)