Fee Schedule
Mar 4, 2021
CA OMFS: E/M Billing - 2021 Major Changes
Effective March 1, updates to California’s Physician and Non-Physician Practitioner Fee Schedule significantly alter the way providers bill for Evaluation and Management (E/M...
Feb 12, 2021
CA OMFS - Reimbursements Reduced for Physician Services
Yesterday, the California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) announced the 2021 reimbursement changes to the Physician Services section of the Official Medical Fee Sched...
Jan 5, 2021
CA DWC: 2021 Fee Schedule Updates as of 1/5/2021
California workers’ comp fee schedules change on a regular basis, though not always on a precise schedule. This article sums up the late 2020 and early 2021 updates thus far ...
Oct 29, 2020
DWC Adopts 11 New Telehealth Service Codes
In a Newsline dated October 27, 2020, the California Division of Workers Compensation (DWC) announced the adoption of the updated Medicare List of Telehealth Services, which ...
Oct 28, 2020
CPT 99072 for Extra Time and Supplies for COVID-19
Medical practices, including practices that treat injured or sick workers, have implemented numerous changes to safely treat patients in person during the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Oct 21, 2020
Telehealth: CMS Medicare Adds 11 New Telehealth Services
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 reimb...
Oct 14, 2020
CA OMFS: Physician Services Fee Schedule Update Effective 10/1/2020
A new order from the Administrative Director of California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) updates the Physician and Non-Physician Practitioner Services portion of ...
May 14, 2020
California Retroactively Changes Telehealth Reimbursement - Part 1
On 5/7/2020 the California Division of Workers’ Comp (DWC) Administrative Director, George P. Parisotto, issued a new Order with retroactive changes to the reimbursement calc...
May 6, 2020
Medicare Releases REVISED Telehealth Rules - Part 2
This is part two of our series analyzing telehealth reimbursement rule changes that were announced last week by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (aka “CMS'' or “M...
May 5, 2020
Medicare Releases REVISED Telehealth Rules - Part 1
Last week the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (aka “CMS” or “Medicare”) significantly changed its telehealth reimbursement rules to adjust to the demands of the COVI...
Apr 29, 2020
OMFS: DWC Orders Further Pathology/Clinical Lab Adjustments
California’s Division of Workers Compensation (DWC) ordered further adjustments to the Pathology and Clinical Laboratory Section of the state’s Official Medical Fee Schedule ...
Apr 14, 2020
California DWC Changes Telehealth Regulations as of 4/15/2020
On April 13, 2020, the California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) issued a Newsline adopting changes to telehealth regulations effective for all dates of service on o...