Worker's
Compensation Insurance Letters
December 20, 1999 Ins.
411
To: Worker’s
Compensation Insurance Carriers
Self-Insured Employers
Certified Private Vocational Rehabilitation Specialists
From: Judy Norman-Nunnery
Worker’s Compensation Division
Subject: Annual Payment
Adjustment for Private Vocational Services
This letter is to inform
you that there will be an adjustment to the $1,109 cap for private
vocational rehabilitation services as specified in the Wisconsin
Administrative Code, section DWD 80.49(7)(e) states:
Effective on the first
day of January each year after 1995, the department shall adjust the
$1,000 limit by the same percentage change as the average annual
percentage change in the U. S. Consumer price index for all urban
consumers, U. S. city average, as determined by the U. S. Department of
Labor, for the twelve months ending on September 30 of the prior year. The
Department shall notify insurance carriers, self-insured employers and
specialists likely to be affected by the annual change in the limit.
The adjustment percentage
change for the year 2000 payments to private vocational rehabilitation
specialists will be 2.2%. The new payment limit is $1,133.00 for each date
of injury. This increase applies if the specialist provides any service to
the injured worker during 2000, regardless of the date of injury.
Information about this
new vocational rehabilitation program as well as other Division of
Worker’s Compensation services are available on its Web page:
http://www.dwd.state.wi.us/wc/
Thank you for your
attention.
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