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DocuSign Envelope ID: FCD9FE56-CF01-4E96-B983-B8E8DFE6811C 22 <br /> of the cause,extent or responsibility for the injury,disease,or damage, including evaluation and settlement of covered <br /> claims;and <br /> • Expenses which are defined as either an indemnity or medical loss. <br /> 2. Medical cost containment expenses consist of the following components, which apply to Workers Compensation claims with a <br /> date of accident beginning with the first date of the Program Term of the applicable Program Exhibit. <br /> A. There is a 27%charge applied to any savings resulting from the following medical bill repricing, pharmacy bill repricing and <br /> hospital bill audit activity: <br /> • Application of preferred provider network discounts to physicians'bills,hospital bills and pharmacy bills,including: <br /> 1. Repricing as a result of negotiation of out-of-network physicians'bills,pharmacy bills and hospital bills;and <br /> 2. Repricing of medical bills,pharmacy bills and hospital bills by reviewing the bills and applying state rules/edits <br /> and proprietary rules/edits. <br /> • Repricing of medical bills,pharmacy bills and hospital bills by manual bill review by our medical review team <br /> B. Savings realized from medical bill,pharmacy bill and hospital bill review to which the 27%charge is not applied are: <br /> 1. Savings realized from the detection and elimination of duplicate bills <br /> 2. Savings achieved by the claim case manager,i.e.bills containing unrelated/unauthorized treatment <br /> 3. Savings achieved by the medical case manager,i.e.bills containing unapproved medical treatment <br /> 4. Savings realized from medical bill repricing, pharmacy bill repricing and hospital bill audit activity achieved by applying <br /> any state-mandated schedule <br /> 5. Savings realized from the elimination of non-compensable bills. <br /> For purposes of this Exhibit, the term "savings" shall refer to the difference between the amount billed by physician, <br /> hospital, pharmacy and other medical providers and the amount ultimately paid. adhere to state-mandated fee schedules <br /> and/or usual and customary pricing for certain procedures, may contract with preferred provider networks which have <br /> contractual arrangements with certain of those providers to perform certain procedures at pre-determined rates (which <br /> may be below fee schedule), and may utilize other fee negotiation resources determine are necessary and appropriate to <br /> determine the amount that should pay on any given medical bill. <br /> C. The 27%charge will be capped at$10,000 per bill and charged to the claim file as an Allocated Loss Adjustment Expense, <br /> unless required by state law to charge it to the claim file as a different component of the applicable rating plan. The <br /> $10,000 per bill cap applies to bills with a date of service beginning with the first day of the Program Term set forth in the <br /> applicable Program Exhibit. <br /> D. Certain items are still charged separately to the claim file as Allocated Loss Adjustment Expenses. These items include but <br /> are not limited to: <br /> 1. Utilization Review(pre-certification and concurrent review)services charged on a per activity basis; <br /> 2. Independent medical examinations*; <br /> 3. Second opinions by a physician*; <br /> 4. Chiropractic reviews;and <br /> 5. Physician advisor programs. <br /> *unless ordered by an industrial board or state equivalent,in which case it is treated as Medical. <br /> TRAVELERS <br /> Version 09.16.19 ALAE Exhibit Orange County Page 20 <br /> CA Form-W041V16F19 <br /> ©(2019)The Travelers Indemnity Company.All rights reserved. <br />