February 01, 2021
The California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has posted its 2020 Independent Bill Review (IBR) Report, summar...
May 06, 2020
Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday signed an executive order to ensure that employees who contract COVID-19 during the ...
April 14, 2020
DWC on Monday announced that it would be covering telehealth services for injured workers. According to the order, DWC ...
February 05, 2019
The MTUS guidelines are based on the principles of evidence-based medicine and treatment guidelines developed by the Am...
October 30, 2017
Last year, the California Legislature passed a bill (AB 2883) that changed the definition of “employee” for the purpose...
September 08, 2017
The California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has finalized regulations to ensure that utilization reviews (UR...
February 03, 2017
The California Medical Association (CMA) has filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court of California, discussing the...
January 20, 2017
After NBC Bay Area News aired a series of stories about the workers’ compensation system last year, they received more ...
August 18, 2016
The California State Division of Workers’ Compensation’s (DWC) new guidelines on the treatment of chronic pain and opio...
November 24, 2015
The Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) recently announced that beginning November 9, 2015, the lien activation ...
March 17, 2015
The California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) announced that fees for submission of an (IMR) or Independent B...
March 13, 2015
The California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has implemented its annual adjustments to the California workers...
February 04, 2015
California’s workers’ compensation system is arguably undergoing its biggest period of transformation since its enactme...
November 21, 2014
The California Medical Association (CMA) is asking for physician feedback through a survey on how the worker’s compensa...
August 05, 2014
This is the second in a two-part series focusing on coding, compliance and documentation issues relating specifically to...
May 28, 2014
This is the first in a two-part series focusing on coding, compliance and documentation issues relating specifically...
December 11, 2013
As part of the reforms instituted by SB 863, the Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) will begin utilizing a new fee...
November 26, 2013
A federal court has issued a preliminary injunction that prevents the California Department of Workers' Compensation (D...
February 15, 2013
Effective January 1, 2013, new provisions of California’s workers’ compensation insurance system reform bill (SB 863) w...
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