What authority does the Bureau have to audit carriers, third party administrators, and qualified rehabilitation providers?
Subsection 440.491(8), Florida Statutes, provides the Bureau with the authority to monitor carriers. This subsection reads: “CARRIER PRACTICES. – The department shall monitor the selection of providers and the provision of services by carriers under this section for consistency with legislative intent set forth in subsection (2).” Subsection (2) of 440.491, Florida Statutes, reads: “INTENT.- It is the intent of this section to implement a systematic review by carriers of the factors that are predictive of longer-term disability and to encourage the provision of medical care coordination and reemployment services that are necessary to assist the employee in returning to work as soon as is medically feasible.
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