DWC Posts Adjustments to Physician, Practitioner Section of Fee Schedule

The California Division of Workers’ Compensation posted an order incorporating changes made by Medicare into the physician and nonphysician practitioner section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule. The division said the order adopts several changes the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services made for the fourth quarter of 2023, including: CMS’ Medicare National Physician Fee Schedule Relative Value file effective Oct. 1, quarterly update — RVU23D. CMS’ ZIP code to carrier locality files effective Oct. 1, quarterly update for locality mapping. Updated prac...