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Amended July 2, 2018: To: All Self-Insurers, Insurers, Claim Administrators, and Medical Service Providers From: Florida Division of Workers' Compensation Subject: Notice of Three-Member Panel Meeting The Three-Member Panel meeting that was scheduled for Friday, July 6, 2018 has been cancelled. The Three-Member Panel will reconvene at a later date at which time a meeting notice will be published in a future E-Alert and in the Florida Administrative Register. Original post below: On June 26, 2018, The Florida Department of Financial Services, Division of Workers' Compensation announced a public meeting of the Three-Member Panel that will be held on Friday, July 6, 2018, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., eastern time, in room 116 of the J. Edwin Larson Building, located at 200 East Gaines Street, Tallahassee, Florida. The purpose of the meeting is to approve maximum reimbursement allowances for inpatient hospital care based upon a new schedule of per diem rates, pursuant to s.

The Division of Workers' Compensation has received inquiries about the status of the 2017 editions of the three reimbursement manuals. A status of each reimbursement manual is provided below.  The Florida Workers' Compensation Health Care Provider Reimbursement Manual, 2017 Edition was not ratified during the 2018 Florida Legislative Session and will not go in effect. Consequently, the 2016 edition remains in effect. The Florida Workers' Compensation Reimbursement Manual for Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs), 2017 Edition was not ratified during the 2018 Florida Legislative Session and will not go in effect. Consequently, the 2015 edition remains in effect. The Florida Workers' Compensation Reimbursement Manual for Hospitals, 2017 Edition was not ratified during the 2018 Florida Legislative Session and will not go in effect. Consequently, the 2014 edition remains in effect. The reimbursement manuals can found on the Division's website at https://myfloridacfo.com/Di

The Florida Department of Financial Services, Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) issued an Informational Bulletin (DFS-02-2018). The Bulletin advises insurers, self-insurers, and other related stakeholders that Florida's Chief Financial Officer has issued an Order (Case No. 226968-WC) setting the WCATF assessment rate for Calendar Year 2019. This rate has been reduced from the 2018 rate of 0.97% to the 2019 assessment rate of 0.90%. This is the seventh consecutive annual assessment rate decrease for the WCATF.  The Florida Department of Financial Services, Division of Workers' Compensation issued another Informational Bulletin (DFS-01-2018). The Bulletin advises insurers, self-insurers, and other related stakeholders that Florida's Chief Financial Officer has issued an Order (Case No. 226970-WC) setting the assessment rate for the SDTF for Calendar Year 2019. The SDTF rate has been reduced from the 2018 rate of 0.91% to the 2019 assessment rate of 0.42%. This is th