DWC Posts Adjustment to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Ambulance Fees Section) By CA Dept of Industrial Relations Press Release - January 8, 2015
The Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has adopted an order adjusting the ambulance services sectionof the official medical fee schedule (OMFS) to conform to changes in the Medicare payment system as required by Labor Code section 5307.1. The effective date of the changes is January 15, 2015, for ambulance services paid for under the California workers’ compensation OMFS.
The adjustment incorporates the 2015 ambulance inflation factor which has been announced by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The ambulance inflation factor for calendar year 2015 is 1.50 percent.
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California Department of Industrial Relations, P.O. Box 420603 · San Francisco, CA · 94142-0603 · www.dir.ca.gov
Adjuster / Examiner Claims Examiner Santa Ana Unified School District Santa Ana, CA