Fees for medical, surgical, hospital, dental, and nursing services, medical equipment, medical supplies, prescriptions, medical records, and medical testimony rendered pursuant to the Kansas workers compensation act shall be the lesser of the following:
(a) The usual and customary charge of the health care provider, hospital, or other entity providing the health care services; or
(b) the amount allowed by the "2019 schedule of medical fees" published by the Kansas department of labor, effective on March 29, 2019, and approved by the director of workers compensation on November 21, 2018, including the ground rules for each type of medical treatment or service within the schedule and the appendix, which is hereby adopted by reference.
This regulation shall be effective on and after March 29, 2019.
Kan. Admin. Regs. § 51-9-7
Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 2018 Supp.
44-510i; effective Jan. 1, 1966; amended Jan. 1, 1969; amended Jan. 1, 1973; amended May 1, 1976; amended May 1, 1978; amended, T-88-20, July 1, 1987; amended May 1, 1988; amended Nov. 1, 1993; amended April 5, 1996; amended Aug. 29, 1997; amended Oct. 1, 1999; amended Dec. 1, 2001; amended Dec. 1, 2003; amended Dec. 2, 2005; amended Jan. 1, 2008; amended Jan. 1, 2010; amended Jan. 1, 2011; amended Jan. 1, 2012; amended Jan. 1, 2014; amended Jan. 1, 2015; amended Jan. 1, 2017; amended by Kansas Register Volume 38, No. 10; effective 3/29/2019.