News Updates
Nov 29, 2018
CA OMFS Inpatient Hospital Fee Schedule Update
California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) posted an adjustment to the Inpatient Hospital section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule (OMFS), effective for dischar...
Jun 29, 2018
CA OMFS Update: Physician Services and DMEPOS
California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) posted update orders to two sections of the Official Medical Fee Schedule (OMFS), both effective July 1, 2018. The...
Jan 23, 2018
Lockard List No Longer Published; Better Alternative Available
If your office looked to the Lockard Industrial Insurance Companies’ List to find contact information for workers’ comp payors, you’ll need to look elsewhere. The gree...
Jan 19, 2018
DWC 2018 Drug Formulary Webinar Video Available
The Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) posted a video replay of their recent webinar on the newly effective drug formulary. The DWC hosted the webinar in December, follo...
Jan 17, 2018
Glitch at York Risk May Delay Bill Payment
Technical problems at third-party administrator York Risk Services left roughly 15,000 bills unprocessed. The error was discovered and resolved by York’s in-house bill review...
Jan 16, 2018
SCIF Resolves Glitch Behind Incorrect Work Comp Bill Denials
Several providers recently received incorrect denials of bills from California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF), the state’s largest provider of work comp insurance...
Jan 9, 2018
DWC 2018 Drug Formulary Webinar Transcript Available
Last month, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) hosted a detailed live webinar on the newly effective drug formulary. For those who could not attend the webinar, the DWC ...
Jan 4, 2018
FYI: Fresno County Changes TPA
Effective January 1, the employer County of Fresno transferred all claims from third-party administrator (TPA) Risico Claims Management, Inc. to Acclamation Insurance Managem...
Dec 23, 2017
2018 Radiology Reimbursements (Professional Services): Cheat Sheet
Lately, we brought readers the Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC)’s recent updates to the Physician fee schedule for evaluation & management and surgery. Today, we take ...
Dec 20, 2017
2018 Surgery Reimbursements: Cheat Sheet
2018 is around the corner, and the Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) recently posted updates to the Official Medical Fee Schedule (OMFS), effective January 1. La...
Dec 15, 2017
2018 E/M and Other Services Cheat Sheet
*Update: The 2021 OMFS updates drastically changed how E/M codes are billed.*It’s that time of year: the DWC recently announced changes to the reimbursem...
Dec 4, 2017
Alert: Patriot National, Inc. and Guarantee Insurance Co. Threatened Collapse
Patriot National Inc., an end-to-end insurance services business that includes third-party administrator Patriot Risk Services, recently defaulted on its debt and laid off ab...