DWC Updates Fee Schedule, Treatment Guidelines

The California Division of Workers' Compensation adjusted the pathology and clinical lab section of the medical fee schedule and the prescription drug formulary in the treatment guidelines. The division said it modified the formulary drug list in the Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule based on changes in the chronic pain practice guideline published by the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. The new formulary section takes effect Aug. 6. The division also announced that it adopted Medicare's third quarter changes in the pathology and clinical laboratory ...