DWC Posts Adjustments to Fee Schedules

The California Division of Workers’ Compensation posted orders adjusting the hospital outpatient and ambulatory surgical center section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule, as well as the section for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies. Updates to both sections of the fee schedule were needed to conform to changes in the Medicare payment system, the division said. The division said the hospital outpatient and ambulatory surgical centers order adopts the following changes from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: The CMS Medicare Hospital...