DWC Posts Adjustments to Hospital, ASC Sections of Fee Schedule

The California Division of Workers’ Compensation on Thursday posted an order incorporating into the Hospital Outpatient Departments and Ambulatory Surgical Centers section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule changes made by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The replacement to the April 2020 “Approved Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System Code and Payment Rates” for ambulatory surgery centers is retroactive to April 1, the division said in a statement. At the same time, the division’s order adopts the July 2020 “Approved HCPCS Code and Payment ...