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Insurance Letter 383

December 19, 1997 INS 383

To: Worker’s Compensation Insurance Carriers

Self-Insured Employers

Certified Private Vocational Rehabilitation Specialists

From: Gregory Krohm, Administrator

Worker’s Compensation Division

Re: Annual Payment Adjustment for Private Vocational Rehabilitation Services

This letter is to inform you that there will be an adjustment to the $1,058 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 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 1998 payments to private vocational rehabilitation specialists will be 2.4%. The new payment limit is $1,083 for each date of injury. This increase applies if the specialist provides any service to the injured worker during 1998, 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.