California Division of Workers’ Compensation Advises Eform Filers to Upgrade Windows OS to Continue to Use Electronic Adjudication Management System (EAMS) By Lonce Lamonte and the DWC Newsline - June 23, 2021 The Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) is advising eform filers using older Microsoft operating systems to upgrade to continue using the Electronic Adjudication Management System (EAMS). Eform filers with Windows OS 7, 8 or 8.1 will no longer be able to access EAMS starting on August 1. Microsoft has ended support for Windows OS 7 partially due to inherent security issues. DWC recommends efilers using OS 7, 8 and 8.1 upgrade to Windows 10 before August 1. This includes qualified medical evaluators and return to work external users. JET Filers or JET vendors will not be impacted by this change. Read More

California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Recorded Question and Answer Meetings from April 13th and April 20th Regarding Medical-Legal Fee Schedule Regulations By Lonce Lamonte and the DWC Newsline - April 28, 2021 The Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has posted the recordings of the Question and Answer Meetings held by Zoom on April 13th and April 20th regarding the new Medical-Legal Fee Schedule for the workers’ compensation system. Read More

California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Adjustment to Official Medical Fee Schedule for Physician and Non-Physician Practitioner Services to Adopt Updated Telehealth List and Monthly Update for Physician-Administered Drugs By Lonce Lamonte and the DWC Newsline - April 21, 2021 The Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has posted an order adjusting the Physician and Non-Physician Practitioner Services section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule (OMFS) to conform to relevant 2021 changes in the Medicare payment system as required by Labor Code section 5307.1. The Administrative Director update order adopts the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ revised Medicare Telehealth List which adds 24 codes to the list of telehealth services. The list supersedes the previous list which the DWC adopted effective for services on or after April 1, 2021. Read More

California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Supplemental Adjustment to Official Medical Fee Schedule for Pathology and Clinical Laboratory By Lonce Lamonte and the DWC Newsline - April 16, 2021 The Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) issued an order on March 30, 2021, adjusting the Pathology and Clinical Laboratory section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule (OMFS) to conform to 2021 Quarter 2 changes in the Medicare payment system as required by Labor Code section 5307.1. Thereafter, on April 13, 2021, Medicare adopted a revised 2021 Quarter 2 Clinical Laboratory file. The revised file changes the data for only one code, Proprietary Laboratory Analysis code 0242U, for a specified type of targeted genomic sequence analysis panel. DWC has issued an order adopting the revised file “21CLABQ2 (updated 04/13/2021)” effective for services on or after April 1, 2021. The Administrative Director’s previous update order dated March 30, 2021 remains effective, except for the adoption of the revised file to modify the aforementioned one specified code. The order can be found on the website of the Division of Workers’ Compensation on the Pathology and Clinical Laboratory webpage. Read More

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