DWC Updates Hospital Outpatient, ASC Fee Schedule

The California Division of Workers’ Compensation posted an order adjusting the Hospital Outpatient Departments/Ambulatory Surgical Centers section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule to conform to changes in the Medicare payment system. The division said the order adopts: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services June 27, 2019, corrected addenda AA and EE of the “July 2019 ASC Approved HCPCS Code and Payment Rates” file, which provides a partial list of surgical codes payable under the hospital outpatient fee schedule. (This is a technical revision; the updated file...