DWC Updates Hospital Outpatient, ASC Fee Schedule

The California Division of Workers' Compensation updated sections of the Official Medical Fee Schedule covering hospital departments and ambulatory surgical centers to conform to the latest changes made by Medicare. The division said the order updating the hospital outpatient department and ASC section of the fee schedule adopts the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ASC Payment Rates Addenda and CMS Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System Addendum A and Addendum B.  CMS revised both files July 13, after the division had already announced quarterly fee schedule adjust...