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May 2020 Notices     Go back to Notices
We are closed Monday, May 25th in observance of Memorial Day.
22 The VRH Instructions document (link) is updated.
21 Open Meeting - Pursuant to Open Meeting requirements, we are announcing that the Commission meeting previously scheduled for 5/28/20 has been postponed. The Commissioners will telephonically hold the Commission meeting on Tuesday, 6/2/20 @ 10:00 am. If you would like to observe the meeting, please dial 978-990-5027 and at the prompt, enter 6843748 plus the pound sign. If you plan on attending this meeting, please send an email to Openmeeting@wcc.state.md.us.
If you are a guest on the call, please do not announce yourself; ESPECIALLY if you enter after 10:00 am.
For information to improve sound quality, please read the tips on the following link: https://www.freeconferencecall.com/press-center/managing-sound-quality
20 Practitioner Reminder: When requesting a vIdeo hearing (VHR), you must notate in the justification section if an interpreter will be needed and the required anguage.
12 The Commission announces that we may be resuming in-person hearings effective June 8, 2020. The hearings will be staggered in order to accommodate physical distancing. Exhibits shall continue to be submitted electronically three days prior to the hearing. There is no need to email the exhibits to the Commission or the parties.  Public access is strictly limited to claimants, attorneys, parties, and witnesses to hearings scheduled on that particular day. The Commission will continue to hold video hearings daily for those participants who are uncomfortable attending in-person hearings. If you are scheduled for an in-person hearing and wish to request a VRH instead, you must request a postponement of the in-person hearing and file an Emergency Hearing Request and follow the instructions for a VRH posted on the webpage.

Social distancing will be required and highlighted for everyone visiting the Commission hearing sites and offices. Your cooperation and assistance in this regard will be appreciated. We request that parties arrive shortly before their scheduled in-person hearing and depart immediately after. While the Commission will allow documents to be hand-delivered to the Public Service area in Baltimore, they must be dropped off on a table on the fourth floor set up for this purpose. There will be no waiting on site for these documents to be processed. They will be returned via mail.

If attorneys, claimants, witnesses, or anyone else is sick or not feeling well, STAY HOME; do not come to the Commission. Continuances will be granted and the case will be reset as quickly as possible. We appreciate your cooperation with the new rules as we slowly get back to normal operations in a safe and measured manner.  
9 Pursuant to Open Meeting requirements, we are announcing that the Commission meeting previously scheduled for 5/14/20 has been postponed. The Commissioners will telephonically hold the meeting on Tuesday, 5/19/20 @ 10:00 am. If you would like to observe the meeting, please dial 978-990-5027 and at the prompt, enter 6843748 plus the pound sign.  If you plan to attend this meeting, please send an email to Openmeeting@wcc.state.md.us. If you are a guest on the call, please do not announce yourself; ESPECIALLY if you enter after 10:00 am. For information to improve sound quality, please read the tips on the following link: https://www.freeconferencecall.com/press-center/managing-sound-quality
7 Pursuant to Open Meeting requirements, the Commission announces that the Medical Fee Guide Committee will hold a virtual meeting on Monday, June 8, 2020 at 1:00 pm. The meeting will be held using Microsoft Teams and will discuss reimbursement rates for telehealth procedure codes. If you would like to telephonically observe the meeting, please dial 1(443)961-6421 and at the prompt, enter 454770597 plus the pound sign. If you have any questions about the meeting or plan on attending, please email jvanderpuije@wcc.state.md.us.
6 Note - VRH Instructions document updated: Effective immediately, parties may begin the process of requesting, by agreement of the parties, a Video Remote Hearing (VRH). Please carefully read and follow the instructions contained in the VRH Instructions document (link). If your request is approved, the Commission will generate an Emergency Hearing approval notice and a VRH will be scheduled. Once scheduled, the Commission will send out email invites via Microsoft Teams to participants to join the hearing. If there are questions after reading the instructions, please email TCornish@wcc.state.md.us.
1 Pursuant to the authority granted by COMAR 14.09.17, on 5/01/20, Chairman Aumann issued Administrative Order 2020-02 regarding extension of deadlines    Read the Administrative Order 2020-02.