ICA Adopts RBRVS Fee Schedule

The Industrial Commission of Arizona adopted a new fee schedule based on Medicare’s Resource-Based Relative Value Scale that will apply for services rendered on or after Oct. 1. The new fee schedule includes three Arizona-only billing codes that were added in response to comments submitted to the ICA. The commission also bumped up the conversion factor for anesthesia before adopting the new fee schedule. Medicare’s RBRVS fee schedule assigns relative value units to procedures, which are multiplied by a conversion factor to calculate the reimbursement owed. The ICA originally prop...