Stakeholders Challenge Latest Fee Schedule Proposal

By Greg Griggs, EditorThe California Division of Workers' Compensation's latest draft of a plan to revise the Official Medical Fee Schedule is being criticized as inadequate, inconsistent and likely to lead more medical providers to stop treating injured workers.In more than two dozen written comments submitted this week to the Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC), various stakeholder groups also warn of bill disputes, reduced access to specialists and hurried treatment reports based on low reimbursement levels.The division has talked since 2001 of converting the fee schedule to...