OMFS
May 4, 2022
Alert: Conduent Faxes Doctor Scam-ish Contract
California’s Official Medical Fee Schedule (OMFS) establishes the rates at which claims administrators must pay providers who agree to treat injured workers. But rather than ...
May 3, 2022
Conduent Scam-ish Contract Misrepresents Payer
Recently, we alerted the workers’ comp community to the efforts of Conduent, acting on behalf of Third-Party Administrator (TPA) Athens Administrators, to reduce the amount o...
Mar 30, 2022
2022 CA OMFS Update: Physician Fee Schedule
California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) issued an update to the Physician and Non-Physician Practitioner portion of the Official Medical Fee Schedule (OMFS) for ...
Mar 28, 2022
2022 CA OMFS Update: DMEPOS
California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) updated the Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) portion of the Official Medical Fee ...
Jan 25, 2022
Anthem, CorCare Loot MD - Paying ONLY 5-6% OMFS
As employers vocally complain that their injured employees struggle to find doctors, California legislators allow Preferred Provider Organizations (PPOs) to reap huge profits...
Jan 19, 2022
DWC Adopts New Telehealth Code List
On January 5, 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released revisions to the list of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Telehealth Codes. In ...
Jan 7, 2022
2022 E/M Reimbursement Rates for CA Workers' Comp - Facility
California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation recently posted new reimbursement rates for Evaluation and Management (E/M) services. Below we list the new facility reimbursem...
Jan 6, 2022
2022 E/M Reimbursement for CA Workers' Comp - Non-Facility
California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation recently posted new reimbursement rates for Evaluation and Management (E/M) services. Below we list the new non-facility reimbu...
Jan 4, 2022
CA OMFS Update: 2022 'WC' Billing Codes
California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) announced reimbursement updates to the Physician and Non-Physician Practitioner Services section of the Official M...
Jan 3, 2022
CA OMFS: 2022 Reimbursements Increase
As announced in a recent Newsline, California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) issued an update to the Physician and Non-Physician Practitioner portion of the...
Jan 2, 2022
Changes to 2022 CA OMFS WC Physician Fee Schedule
California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) issued an update to the Physician and Non-Physician Practitioner portion of the Official Medical Fee Schedule (OMFS) for ...
Nov 10, 2021
WCIRB: "Frictional" Workers' Comp Costs Soar in CA
Workers’ comp is wildly inefficient in California, according to the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB). The WCIRB used hard data to clearly d...