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April 8, 2021
Division of Workers’ Compensation Hosts Zoom Question and Answer Meetings on April 13 and April 20 Regarding Medical-Legal Fee Schedule Regulations

April 8, 2021
California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Additional Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies)

April 7, 2021
California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Additional Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule for Pathology and Clinical Laboratory

April 6, 2021
California Division of Workers’ Compensation Issues Notice of Conference Call Public Hearing on May 14th for Proposed Evidence-Based Update to the Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule

The Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has posted an amendment to the Hospital Outpatient Departments/Ambulatory Surgical Centers portion of the Official Medical Fee Schedule.

The amendment, reflected in an Administrative Director order, adopts Addenda A and B of CMS’ hospital outpatient prospective payment system rate for Calendar Year 2021 found in the [2021 Correction Notice OPPS Addendum A] and [2021 Correction Notice OPPS Addendum B] files, in place of the original files, for services rendered on or after March 1, 2021. The order adopts column A of CMS’ ASC addendum EE found in the [Correction Notice Addenda AA, BB, DD1, DD2, EE] file, in place of the original file, for services rendered on or after March 1, 2021.

The order adopts further revisions to correct technical errors. 

The March 1, 2021 effective date remains the same. The order can be found at the DWC website’s OMFS page. 

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Lonce Lamonte, editor, lonce@adjustercom.com, and the California Division of Workers' Compensation