DWC Updates Hospital Outpatient, ASC Fee Schedule

The California Division of Workers’ Compensation posted adjustments to the Hospital Outpatient Departments and Ambulatory Surgical Centers section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule to conform to changes in the Medicare payment system. Among other things, the order increases the conversion factor 2.7% to $89.845 from $87.483. The rule update also incorporates the fiscal year 2022 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems that Medicare adopted in November, including revisions to Current Procedural Terminology codes and the Healthcare Common...