Division Revises Hospital, ASC Fee Schedule

The California Division of Workers’ Compensation revised the hospital outpatient department and ambulatory surgical center section of its Official Medical Fee Schedule to adopt changes made by Medicare. The DWC said in a statement that the revised fee schedule section incorporates five quarterly updates from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, including: The Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) April 2018 Addendum A quarterly update and Addendum B quarterly update. The Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System, April 2018 ASC Approved ...