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Penalty and Interest

Last update
March 18, 2019

An additional 6% per annum should be included on overdue balances for workers' compensation medical bills in Virginia.

State

Virginia

Late Payment Due Date

60 days

Late Payment Percentage

6 % annually

Virginia Acts of Assembly 2016

Code of Virginia

§ 65.2-605.1. Prompt payment; limitation on claims 

§ 6.2-302. Judgment rate of interest. 

Statute or Regulation Text

§ 65.2-605.1. Prompt payment; limitation on claims.

C. Payment due for any properly documented health care services that are neither contested within the 45-day period nor paid within the 60-day period, as required by this section, shall be increased by interest at the judgment rate of interest as provided in § 6.2-302 retroactive to the date payment was due under this section.

§ 6.2-302. Judgment rate of interest.

A. The judgment rate of interest shall be an annual rate of six percent, except that a money judgment entered in an action arising from a contract shall carry interest at the rate lawfully charged on such contract, or at 6 % annually, whichever is higher.

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