OMFS
Jan 2, 2022
CA OMFS 2025: DMEPOS Fee Schedule Update
California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (CA DWC) updated the Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) portion of the Official Medical F...
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...
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Nov 2, 2021
Data: Discount Entities Plunder CA OMFS
Workers’ comp payers throughout California ignore the state fee schedule and fail to reimburse providers the mandated reimbursements rates as allowed by the sta...
Jul 5, 2021
OMFS Update: 59 Codes Newly Billable
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 ...
Jun 30, 2021
SB 537 Reveals Murky World of Discount Contracts
In 2019, California passed Senate Bill 537. Among the changes to take effect on July 1st is a disclosure mandate requiring discount contracting entities to disclose to the cl...
Apr 7, 2021
Broadspire Pays Provider 47% Below CA OMFS
It happens every year: Reimbursement rates for workers’ compensation services in California change, and payers reimburse providers at the lesser, previous rates.It hap...
Mar 29, 2021
CA OMFS: Physician Fee Schedule Update Effective April 1
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 8, 2021
2021 E/M Reimbursement Rates for CA Workers' Comp
As we reported previously, California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation made major changes to Evaluation and Management (E/M) billing for 2021. In addition to updati...
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 ...