Fee Schedule Update Boosts Conversion Factor by 1.5%

Washington state medical providers who treat injured workers are getting a 1.5% pay raise, under a change in conversion factors included in an updated Department of Labor & Industries rule. L&I said the update to Washington Administrative Code 296-20-135 keeps the state’s fee schedules consistent with updated resource-based relative values published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The change increases the conversion factor, from $63.25 to $64.74. For anesthesia services, which are paid with base and time units, the conversion factor was increased to $3.47 per...