DWC Updates Outpatient, ASC Section of Fee Schedule

The California Division of Workers’ Compensation on Tuesday announced that it posted an order amending the Hospital Outpatient Departments/Ambulatory Surgical Centers section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule. The amendment adopts Addendum A and Addendum B of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ hospital outpatient prospective payment system rate for calendar year 2021. The update applies to services provided on or after March 1. The DWC also said it adopted column A of the CMS ambulatory surgical centers Addendum EE for services provided after March 1. The order a...