DWC Posts Additional Adjustments to Hospital, ASC Fee Schedule

The California Division of Workers’ Compensation on Wednesday announced additional changes to the hospital outpatient department and ambulatory surgical centers section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule to align with changes in the Medicare payment system. The division in January posted an order adopting Medicare’s changes to its hospital and ASC fee schedule for 2024. Since then, Medicare adopted additional changes, including revisions to the addenda of the hospital outpatient prospective payment system, or HOPPS. The division said the CMS update of the HOPPS addenda A and B ...