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Show ! DOCTO H S ' RATES ; stupe j Increase for Duties Under . Compensation Law In- eluded in Schedule j j SALT LAKE, May 7. An Increase of1 j physician's rates to be used in tho ad-j ad-j ministration of the workmen's com-Ipcnsatlon com-Ipcnsatlon law is included In a schedule sche-dule which will become effective I July" 1, and subject to such amend-imenis amend-imenis as the industrial commission of .Utah commission may decide to make after a public hearing to which all persons arc invited. The schedulo was (adopted yesterday by tho Industrial i commission. Self insurers, insurance i carriers and the state insurance fund are directly interested in the new schedule. sche-dule. I The rates are, in practically all leases, an advance on those named SnJ the present schedule. ! Something of the advance made in the tentative schedule, as compared with that now in effect, may be seen from the fact that the present fee for amputation at the hip is $55, while i under the new schedule It will be l $U00. Amputation at the shoulder I joint, on tho 'other hand, has been advanced from ?D6 to $100. j Treatment of a fractured femur has ( been advanced from $30 to $100; and' or a fractured clavicle from $10 to! $25. Dislocations of the hip and knee, now paid for at the rate of $20 I or $15 respectively, will carry a fee of, $100. Trephining of the skull will call for $150 instead of th present fee of I $G0. For minor operations, including! suturing and dressing, the new schedule sched-ule carries $15 as against tho present! i$5. The physician who assists at ai , major operation is to receive $25 in-) stead of 510. 1 To Classify Cases. 1 j The new schedule carries with it tho ; 'treatment of the entire case, whereas i the present schodule makes that op- ' lional and attempts to divide the serv-i serv-i ices of the physician or surgeon into classes. Under the new schedulo the first' visit in the daytime at the home of the j patient calls for $5, and aoh subse-: iquent visit $3. The present fee cor-j j responding" are $2 and $1. The new schedule makes an allowance of $1 for lolephone calls, for which no allowance allow-ance Is made at present". I Mileage of the physician is increased 1 1 from 20 cents to 51. |