DWC Posts Adjustments to Physician Fee Schedule

The California Division of Workers’ Compensation updated the Physician and Non-Physician Practitioner section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule to incorporate to changes in the Medicare system. The order adopts the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ July 1 quarterly update to the “National Physician Fee Schedule Relative Value File” and ZIP code to carrier locality file. The order also updates practitioner procedure-to-procedure edits, medically unlikely edits and the telehealth list. The fee schedule adjustments apply to services provided on or after Jul...