Experts Say Minor Tweaking Needed for RBRVS Fee Schedule

By Greg Jones, Western Bureau ChiefUsing the Resource Based Relative Value Scale as the basis for reimbursing medical providers who treat injured workers in California will require some “tweaking,” but industry experts say most of Medicare’s ground rules can be adopted as-is.The Division of Workers’ Compensation on Tuesday published on its online forum an eight-page chart comparing the ground rules in the Official Medical Fee Schedule with the ground rules for Medicare’s RBRVS system. The division is taking public comments until Feb. 8 on possible changes to the g...