Permanent Partial Disability Evaluation Cost Increase
The State of Nevada, Division of Industrial Relations, has approved the Nevada Medical Fee Schedule effective February 1, 2010. It provides that rating physicians are entitled to charge $650.99 for a rating evaluation that includes up to two accepted body parts. The rating doctor may charge an additional $217.41 for each additional body part. Injured workers who contest the initial rating evaluation obtained by the industrial insurer are required to adhere to this fee schedule when obtaining a second rating evaluation from a second rating doctor. However, pursuant to NRS 616C.100, a hearings or appeals officer may reimburse the injured worker the cost of the second evaluation if the hearings or appeals officer finds that the second rating should be used as the basis for the permanent partial disability award.
