DWC Issues Notice of Public Hearing on June 17 to Revise the Hospital Outpatient Departments and Ambulatory Surgical Centers Fee Schedule By News Release - CA Department of Industrial Relations - May 18, 2015
The Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has issued a notice of public hearing to revise Title 8 CCR section 9789.32 of the hospital outpatient departments and ambulatory surgical centers (HOPD/ASC) fee schedule. The public hearing has been scheduled for 10 a.m., June 17, in the Auditorium of the Elihu Harris Building, 1515 Clay Street, Oakland, CA 94612. Members of the public may also submit written comment on the regulation until 5 p.m. that day.
The proposed amendment to the HOPD/ASC fee schedule regulation provides guidance regarding which HCPCS code to use when Medicare changes its coding practices resulting in different HCPCS codes to describe comparable “Other Services” under CMS’ Hospital Outpatient Departments Prospective Payment System and the OMFS physician fee schedule.