DWC Posts Adjustments to Physician, Practitioner Services Section of OMFS

The California Division of Workers’ Compensation posted an order adjusting the Physician Services/Non-Physician Practitioner Services section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule to conform to relevant 2020 changes in the Medicare payment system. The changes will apply to services provided on or after Jan. 1. Among other things, the order modifies conversion factors that are used to calculate reimbursement amounts and updates Current Procedural Terminology, or CPT, codes. A full list of changes that go into effect at the start of the year, along with the order adopting the changes, is...