CWCI: RBRVS Could Cost $250M, Exceed 120% of Medicare

By Greg Jones, Western Bureau ChiefThe transition of California's fee schedule to a Resource-Based Relative Value Scale will increase physician costs by a cumulative total of $250 million during the next four years, more than twice as much as the increase in annual spending that was noted in a previous study by a consultant for the Division of Workers' Compensation, according to a research bulletin released by the California Workers' Compensation Institute on Friday.CWCI did not dispute the $104 million increase in annual spending by 2017 predicted by the Rand Corp. in a report req...