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NEWSFLASH: DWC UNVEILS PROPOSED RATING SCHEDULE CHANGE
05/09/08
After months of delays and a shroud of secrecy over the project, the California Division of Workers' Compensation today unveiled its plan for a permanent disability rating schedule fix.
According to the DWC press release, the proposed change in the rating schedule (the "PDRS&quo -
PERATA TO JOHN DUNCAN: DON'T PLAY ME FOR A FOOL
05/08/08
Yesterday the California Senate Rules Committee held confirmation hearings on the nomination of John Duncan, Schwarzenegger's appointee for Director of the Department of Industrial Relations.
Apparently there was a sharp exchange between Duncan and Senate Pro Tem Don Perata. Perata m -
ACOEM TO FEDS: DOCTORS PUSHED TO DOWNPLAY INJURIES
05/06/08
A blockbuster charge recently by ACOEM.....
Weak on your acronyms? ACOEM is the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. California now uses ACOEM standards as official treatment standards for most types of conditions.
ACOEM claims to be a source of "ev -
TOP 10 DEVELOPMENTS IN CALIFORNIA WORKERS' COMP JAN. 08-APRIL O8
05/03/08
2008 is speeding by.For those of you who aren't following the daily developments in the California comp world, a big-picture review may be of interest.
In many ways, it's been a sleepy start in 2008.
There's been a lull in definitive court rulings on workers� -
JESSE CHAVEZ VS. BRINKS, INC AND LIBERTY MUTUAL
05/01/08
Here's a question for ya.
Suppose an insurer has a valid medical network (MPN). The MPN met all the notice requirements and technical MPN access standards.In our hypothetical the worker had not, before his work injury, predesignated in writing a doctor to treat in the event he was in
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