ADDITIONAL SPECIAL NOTE

The Kansas Workers Compensation Law specifically dictates that an injured employee shall not be liable for any charges above the amount contained within this fee schedule. The respective section of the Kansas Workers Compensation Law (K.S.A. 44-510j(h)) that prohibits an injured employee for being liable for any charges above the amount contained within this fee schedule reads as follows:

Any health care provider, nurse, physical therapist, any entity providing medical, physical or vocational rehabilitation services or providing reeducation or training pursuant to K.S.A. 44-510g and amendments thereto, medical supply establishment, surgical supply establishment, ambulance service or hospital which accept the terms of the workers compensation act by providing services or material thereunder shall be bound by the fees approved by the director and no injured employee or dependent of a deceased employee shall be liable for any charges above the amounts approved by the director.

Interpreter Services:

 If the services of an interpreter are required for the provision of medical care to a hearing impaired, speech impaired, or other person whose primary language is other than English, the following will apply: 

 Maximum allowable payment for the first hour or less is limited to $35.00. 

 Each additional quarter hour increment of time is to be paid at $8.75 per quarter hour increment. 

 Any reimbursement for necessary travel mileage (including any tolls and parking fees actually incurred) is to be at the rate prescribed for compensation of state officers and employees pursuant to K.S.A. 75- 3203a. 

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

FORMAT 

Twenty-eight major sections comprise this Fee Schedule: Anesthesia; Surgery; Radiology (including Nuclear Medicine and Diagnostic Ultrasound); Pathology and Laboratory; Medicine; Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; Medical Nutrition Therapy; Acupuncture; Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment; Chiropractic Manipulative Treatment; Education and Training for Patient Self-Management; Non-Face-to-Face Non-physician Services; Special Services, Procedures and Reports; Qualifying Circumstances for Anesthesia; Moderate (Conscious) Sedation; Other Services and Procedures; Evaluation and Management; Home Health Procedures/Services; Dentistry; Hospital/In-Patient Services; Ambulatory Surgical Center/Hospital Outpatient Services; Durable Medical Equipment and Supplies; Prescription Services; Vocational Rehabilitation Services; Depositions, Testimony, and Medical Records Reproduction; Ambulance and Aircraft Services; Nursing Homes/Intermediate Care Facilities; and, Appendix A B Modifiers. This Fee Schedule is divided into these sections for structural purposes only. Providers of medical services and/or suppliers are to use the section(s) which contain the procedures they perform, or the services they render. 

GROUND RULES

 Introductory material, known as Ground Rules, precedes the separate sections of this Fee Schedule and contains the necessary general information, instructions, and general rules with which the user needs to become acquainted before undertaking the use of this Fee Schedule. Familiarity with these general rules, which may include definitions, references, prohibitions, and directions for their proper employment, is necessary for all who use this Fee Schedule. It cannot be emphasized too strongly that these rules need to be read before this schedule is used.