DWC Announces Additional Update to Pathology, Lab Fee Schedule

The California Division of Workers’ Compensation on Wednesday announced additional updates to the pathology and clinical laboratory section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule. The division in January announced that it updated the lab and pathology section of the fee schedule to incorporate Medicare’s 2024 annual update. Since then, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a new clinical laboratory fee schedule file, the DWC said. The division’s latest order adopts Medicare’s 2024 first-quarter pathology and clinical laboratory fee schedule as modif...