Arbitration calendars online; Downstate 19(b) cases will remain at site

2014 Arbitration calendars online; Downstate 19(b) cases will remain at site

The 2014 arbitration calendars are now online at http://www.iwcc.il.gov/calendars.htm

In January 2014, arbitrators will appear at the following sites:

Zone 1
Collinsville: Lindsay
Mt Vernon: Lee
Herrin: Zanotti

Zone 2
Springfield: Pulia
Quincy: Gallagher
Urbana: Dearing

Zone 3
Bloomington: Erbacci
Peoria: McCarthy
Rock Island: Dollison

Zone 4
 Geneva: O'Malley
 New Lenox: Granada
 Ottawa: Mathis

Zone 5
Rockford: Fratianni
Waukegan: Falcioni
Woodstock: Andros

Zone 6
Chicago: Luskin
Chicago: Cronin
Wheaton*: Doherty
*Arb. Luskin will appear in Wheaton in February. Arb. Cronin will appear in March.


Note that Downstate 19(b) cases will remain assigned to the Downstate site.

In Chicago, the Commission will redistribute cases to create new calls.  In 2014, Arbitrator Carlson will handle the call Arb. Cronin handled in 2013, and Arb. Luskin will take over Arb. O’Malley’s call.

Arbitrator Holland Died

Arbitrator Holland died

We are sorry to report that Arbitrator Doug Holland passed away in his sleep. Doug first joined the Commission in 1986 as a commissioner. Since 1989, he has served as an arbitrator. He was well-respected professionally and well-liked personally. We offer his family and friends our condolences.

Visitation will be from 2 to 6 p.m. on Sunday at Mueller Funeral Home in Ottawa, with Liturgical Prayers at 1:30 p.m. Mass will be at 10 a.m. on Monday, October 21, at St. Mary’s Church in Utica.

 http://www.muellerfh.com/sitemaker/sites/Muelle1/obit.cgi?user=1131999Holland

http://www.stmarysutica.org/

Fee Schedule Updated

The Commission has updated its medical fee schedule to include maximum reimbursement rates for codes that had been previously listed as "POC53.2."  Section 8.2 of the Workers' Compensation Act authorizes the Commission to establish fee schedule reimbursements using provider non-discounted charge data, non-Medicare relative values, and conversion factors from established fee schedule amounts. 

The Workers' Compensation Medical Fee Advisory Board voted to approve the reimbursements for 16,000 codes on the Professional Services fee schedule, all of which had been paid at 53.2% of the billed amount. 

To view the new Professional Services fees, click the new button, "2013 Professional (10-11-13)" at https://iwcc.ingenix.com/IWCC.asp