Ronald Rascia named Acting Secretary

Chairman Latz has appointed Ronald Rascia as Acting Secretary of the Commission. Ron's office is now located in the Chairman's Office.

Ron joined the Commission in April 2011 as Chief Legal Counsel. He holds a BA in Economics from DePaul, and both a JD and Master of Law in Intellectual Property from John Marshall.

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

Handbook, workplace notice now in Polish

We have translated the handbook and workplace notice into Polish, and created a web page in Polish in which we explain that the Commission will provide an interpreter to pro se claimants who are settling their cases. 

To view the handbook, go to  http://www.iwcc.il.gov/handbook013013inpolish.pdf
To view the workplace notice, go to  http://www.iwcc.il.gov/ICPNpFORM.pdf
To view the Polish web page, go to  http://www.iwcc.il.gov/polish.htm