South Carolina Ambulatory Surgery Center Ass'n v. South Carolina Workers' Compensation Commission

In this cross-appeal, we consider the central question of whether the South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Commission (“the Commission”) was required to promulgate a new regulation in order to change the fee payment schedule for ambulatory care centers. Because we find the Commission’s actions were specifically authorized by an extant regulation and did not implicate the requisite private right to warrant due process protections, we reverse the portion of the circuit court’s order finding that a new regulation was necessary to effectuate the Commission’s change to the fee payment schedule.…