DWC Updates Hospital Outpatient Departments, ASC Fee Schedule

The California Division of Workers’ Compensation announced an additional update to the hospital outpatient and ambulatory surgical centers section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule. The division in July adopted quarterly changes made by Medicare. On Tuesday, the division announced that it adopted adjustments based on revised fee schedule documents that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services adopted. The Aug. 1 revisions made by CMS and adopted by the DWC include: The CMS Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) July 2023 “Addendum A.” Th...