DWC Says RBRVS Proposal In Line with Reform Language

By Greg Jones, Western Bureau ChiefThe Division of Workers’ Compensation on Thursday refuted an assertion by the California Workers’ Compensation Institute that the division’s plans for annual inflation adjustments to its proposed medical fee schedule will eventually exceed 120% of Medicare.Erika Monterroza, lead public information officer for the DWC, said in an email that its plan to implement a Resource-Based Relative Value Scale fee schedule is in line with Senate Bill 863 and its proposed methodology for annual inflation adjustments will not lead to drive total physician...