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News News Main Page Email A Friend April 25, 2024 California Department of Industrial Relations and Cal/OSHA Will Honor Workers’ Memorial Day at Four Events in California on April 28th-29th 2024. Cal/OSHA Joining Partners in Arcadia, Richmond, San Diego and San Francisco. April 23, 2024 California Division of Workers' Compensation Launches Online Portal for Submission of QME Medical-Legal Reports April 22, 2024 California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Updated Time of Hire Notice April 22, 2024 Sullivan on Comp Launches ChatSOC. It's an Innovative Chatbot for California Workers' Compensation Professionals Integrated with an Authoritative Legal Treatise
| | California Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Physician Services / Non-Physician Practitioner Services) By Lonce Lamonte, editor, with the news release from the California DWC Newsline - March 25, 2024
The Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has posted an order adjusting the Official Medical Fee Schedule (OMFS) to conform to changes in the Medicare payment system as required by Labor Code section 5307.1.
The Physician and Non-Physician Practitioner Fee Schedule update Order adopts the following Medicare April 1, 2024, 2nd quarter changes:
• CMS’ Medicare National Physician Fee Schedule Relative Value File quarterly update - RVU24B effective April 1, 2024,
• CMS’ ZIP Code to Carrier Locality files effective April 1, 2024, quarterly update for locality mapping
• Updated Practitioner Procedure to Procedure (PTP) Edits
• Updated Medically Unlikely Edits
The Order also adopts increases to the conversion factors for Anesthesia and Services Other Than Anesthesia to implement relevant Medicare Physician Fee Schedule provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024. For anesthesia services DWC has posted a revised Table A which sets forth the geographic-adjusted conversion factor for each California locality.
The above OMFS adjustments are effective for services rendered on or after April 1, 2024.
The order adopting the above OMFS adjustments is posted on the physician services and non-physician practitioner services fee schedule webpage.
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Lonce Lamonte, journalist, editor, lonce@adjustercom.com; using DWC Newsline's news release from March 25th 2024
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