# California — Workers' compensation medical fee schedule conversion factors by US state — reimbursement rates, service category breakdowns, fee schedule basis, and effective dates

For California, fee schedule basis is RBRVS; update methodology is conversion factors adopted by Orders of the DWC Administrative Director; dollar values are published in the order and regulation documents, not on the index page; source citation is Cal. Labor Code § 5307.1; DWC Official Medical Fee Schedule (physician services), recorded from its source on 2026-08-18.

- **State:** California _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Fee schedule basis:** RBRVS _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Update methodology:** conversion factors adopted by Orders of the DWC Administrative Director; dollar values are published in the order and regulation documents, not on the index page _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Source citation:** Cal. Labor Code § 5307.1; DWC Official Medical Fee Schedule (physician services) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> Fact Sheet on RBRVS-based Physician and Non-Physician Practitioner Fee Schedule effective January 1, 2014 <https://www.dir.ca.gov/dwc/FAQ/RBRVS_Faqs.html> FAQs Physician and Non-Physician Practitioner Fee Schedule Labor Code section 5307.1 requires the DWC administrative director to adopt an official medical fee schedule for physician services.

## Source

- https://www.dir.ca.gov/dwc/OMFS9904.htm

Last verified: 2026-08-18. Review by: 2027-02-14.
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