DWC Posts Adjustments to Hospital Outpatient, ASC Fee Schedules

The California Division of Workers’ Compensation posted an order adjusting the Hospital Outpatient Departments and Ambulatory Surgical Centers section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule to conform to changes in the Medicare payment system. The update incorporates changes the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services made as part of an April 2021 quarterly update, including: Addenda A and B of the CMS Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System. The CMS Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System, April 2021 ASC Approved HCPCS Code and Payment Rates. Certain sectio...