Appeals board says comp fee schedule applies to unauthorized careAn employer ordered to pay for previously denied medical treatment is not required to pay more than the amounts allowed under the state’s workers compensation medical fee schedule, the Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board ruled in a published opinion Friday. The judge limited Fresenius’ payment to the workers comp fee schedule. The appeals board disagreed, noting there was no evidence that any medical provider was seeking or intended to seek payment from Mr. It found his concern that he could be held responsible for amounts above the fee schedule was speculative. Any change to the fee schedule requirement “is for the legislature, not the courts, to address.”