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Medical Regulations

39-71-704 MCA

The Department develops, implements, and monitors medical cost-containment strategies, including fee schedules to reimburse Facility and NonFacility providers. The Facility Fee Schedule has an effective date of December 1, 2008. The NonFacility Fee Schedule was effective January 1, 2008. Training for the new Facility Fee Schedule can be found under "Additional Links" in the left margin, under the heading, "Understanding Workers' Compensation (WC) Facility Fee Schedule". The NonFacility Fee Schedule has an instruction set on its web page. The Facility Fee Schedule applies to Montana facilities, namely Acute Care Hospitals (ACHs) and Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs), for WC services provided on or after December 1, 2008.

In 2007, the Montana legislature passed legislation directing the Department to establish a “Resource-Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS) fee schedule for NonFacility medical services provided to injured workers. This fee schedule applies to all NonFacility procedures and services provided on or after January 1, 2008.


For further information, please email or phone us at (406)444-7732.

Medical Regulations
Workers' Compensation Regulation Bureau
Employment Relations Division
PO Box 8011
Helena, MT 59604-8011