Effective 10/14/2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (aka “CMS” or “Medicare”) added 11 new services to the List of Telehealth Services that Medicare will reimburse during the COVID-19 emergency.

Per the most recent OMFS regulation update, the California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has not yet adopted these new services. Once/If the DWC adopts these additional codes, we will update the fee schedules in DaisyWizard and send out an announcement.

On 10/27/20 the DWC formally adopted these telehealth codes into the Physicians Services Fee Schedule for Dates of Service on and after 10/14/20. Read more here.

Even though Medicare has added additional reimbursable telehealth services, it is the California DWC that determines the rules for California workers’ comp, including authorization, treatment, billing and payment, and rules for telehealth services furnished to injured workers.

Telehealth Services Added Effective 10/14/2020

The following table lists the new telehealth services added to the Medicare List of Telehealth Services. These 11 codes do not meet the requirements for audio-only interaction.

Make it simple when new reimbursements are added or updated. Our DaisyWizard includes our Fee Schedule Calculator, which quickly calculates reimbursements for workers’ comp services. Enjoy a free trial of the DaisyWizard, and see what DaisyBill can do for your practice.

TRY THE CALCULATOR