DWC Adopts New Edition of Health Care Provider Reimbursement Manual

The Florida Workers’ Compensation Health Care Provider Reimbursement Manual, 2016 edition, will become effective Saturday, the Division of Workers’ Compensation says. Among the changes over the 2015 edition are that emergency room services do not require prior authorization. The manual adds this requirement: “Physicians and other health care providers must use the codes and descriptions, modifiers, policies, definitions and instructions of the referenced CPT (current procedural terminology), CDT (current dental terminology), HCPCS (Healthcare Common Procedural Coding S...