Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 50, December 14, 2024
Section 127.476 - Duties of UROs-form and service of determinations(a) Each determination rendered by a URO on the merits shall include a form prescribed by the Bureau as a medical treatment review determination face sheet and the reviewer's report. The face sheet shall be signed by an authorized representative of the URO.(b) When a determination is rendered against the provider under review on the basis that no records were supplied by the provider, the determination shall consist only of the face sheet. However, in these cases, the face sheet shall clearly indicate that the basis for the decision is the failure of the provider under review to supply records to the URO.(c) The URO's determination, consisting of both the face sheet and the reviewer's report, shall be served on the employe, the insurer or employer, the provider under review, the attorneys for the parties, if known, and the Bureau.(d) The URO shall also serve a copy of a petition for review of a UR determination on all parties and their attorneys, if known.(e) Service shall be made by certified mail, return receipt requested and shall be made on the same date as is entered on the appropriate line of the face sheet.The provisions of this § 127.476 amended January 16, 1998, effective 1/17/1998, 28 Pa.B. 329.