CA DWC Posts Adjustments to OMFS (Hospital Outpatient Departments/Ambulatory Surgical Centers) workerscompensation.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from workerscompensation.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
04/19/21
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San Francisco, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) - The Division of Workers Compensation (DWC) has posted an update order adjusting the Hospital Outpatient Departments and Ambulatory Surgical Centers section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule (OMFS) to conform to relevant changes in the Medicare payment system as required by Labor Code section 5307.1.
On March 23, the DWC Administrative Director issued an order adjusting the Hospital Outpatient Departments and Ambulatory Surgical Centers section of the OMFS. Subsequently, on March 25, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an April 2021 ASC Approved HCPCS Code and Payment Rates file.
The Administrative Director s update order adopts specified columns of certain tables to replace the March 22 file for services rendered on or after April 1, 2021. The specified columns of the tables are components used in defining the scope of “surgical procedures” for fee schedule purposes.
03/10/21
WorkersCompensation.com
Oakland, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) - 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.