Fee Schedule

Fee Alert: DWC Updates OMFS to Reflect Medicare Payment Changes

Effective July 1, 2016, the Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) updated the Official Medical Fee Schedule (OMFS) to reflect changes in the Medicare payment system, as req...

Fee Alert: Series of Changes to Work Comp Fee Schedules

To determine reimbursements for Physician services rendered in 2016, the Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) adopted three different Physician Fee Schedules since January...

Fee Alert: April 1 Fee Schedule Changes (Physician Services + DMEPOS)

Effective for all dates of service on or after April 1, 2016, the DWC adopted changes to the Physician Services and Non-Physician Practitioner Services fee schedule. Reimburs...

Summary of Pathology and Clinical Laboratory Changes: CMS Final Determinations for 2016 Work Comp Fee Schedule

Effective January 1st, 2016, California workers’ comp adopts Medicare’s 2016 Clinical Laboratory Final Determination. Read on for a summary of the following changes, includin...

Radiology and California Specific Codes: 2016 Fee Schedule Changes

As part of an ongoing series on Important 2016 OMFS Changes implemented by the California Division of Workers’ Compensation, this article focuses on reimbursement changes to ...

Decoding E&M Codes: 2016 Work Comp Fee Schedule Explained

In this article, I’ll focus specifically on Evaluation and Management (E&M) codes, which are part of the workers’ comp Physician and Non-Physician Practitioner Fee Schedule. ...

Work Comp Fee Alert: Summary of Important 2016 OMFS Changes

Effective for dates of service on or after January 1st, 2016, California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) changed reimbursements listed in the Official Medical Fee S...

2016 Work Comp Fee Schedule: Unveiling Surgical Code Updates

In case you missed it, every single fee in the workers’ comp Physician Fee Schedule changed on January 1, 2016. Yes, every single one. My recent article, 2016 Changes ...

Physician/Non-Physician: Work Comp Fee Schedule 2016 Changes

Effective January 1, 2016 every reimbursement amount changes in the Physician Fee Schedule. On Monday the Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) posted major revisio...

Fee Alert: DMEPOS and Physician Fee Schedules for Workers' Comp

On September 17, 2015 the Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) posted revisions to the Official Medical Fee Schedule (OMFS) and updated two fee schedules: Durable M...

Some Claims Administrators Continue to Pay at Old Fee Schedule Rates

On March 1st the new Physician OMFS for California workers’ comp took effect. daisyBill’s data indicates some claims administrators continue to reimburse bills ...

2015 Work Comp Fee Schedule (OMFS) Changes - Still Waiting

We’ve been getting a lot of questions about the 2015 changes to the workers’ comp OMFS, which will affect just about every reimbursement.