DWC Updates Hospital Fee Schedule

The California Division of Workers’ Compensation adopted updates to the Hospital Outpatient Departments and Ambulatory Surgical Centers section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule for services provided on or after March 1. The update adopts the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System final rule that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services adopted Dec. 29, 2020, as well as subsequent revisions. The division’s order also incorporates the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System final rule CMS adopted Sept. 18, 2020, and a Dec. 7, 2020, correction notice. Finall...