DWC Posts Update to Physician, Practitioner Section of Fee Schedule

The California Division of Workers’ Compensation posted an order adjusting the Official Medical Fee Schedule to adopt changes in the Medicare payment system. The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued revised files for the fourth-quarter National Correct Coding Initiative “PTP Edits” on Oct. 5, about two weeks after the DWC updated the Physician and Non-Physician Practitioner section of the OMFS. On Monday, the division adopted an order implementing Medicare’s latest changes. Other provisions of the Sept. 20 update to the OMFS for services provided on ...