WCD Approves 2% Increase for Physician Services

The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division announced that it adopted a package of rules that will, among other things, increase the maximum allowable payment amounts for most physician services by an average of 2%. Maximum allowable payments for office visits would increase 10%, under the rules the division finalized Wednesday and that take effect April 1. The division said the revised rules will also increase the conversion factor for anesthesia services to $60.93 from $59.74. At the same time, the rules will allow payments for two-level contiguous cervical artificial disc replac...