California Workers’ Comp Independent Medical Review Volume Fell in First Half of 2022 September 16, 2022 After hitting a record low in 2021, the number of independent medical reviews used to resolve California workers’ comp medical...
California High Court: Workers’ Comp Law Provides Exclusive Remedy in Utilization Review Case August 23, 2018 By Don Jergler The California Supreme Court issued an opinion today that utilization review physicians cannot be sued for malpractice, upholding established law...
California DWC Posts Interim Report on Workers’ Comp Drug Formulary May 1, 2017 California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation has posted the second interim status report on its efforts to promulgate regulations for an...
Looking at Injured Worker Benefits from California Comp Reforms out to 2020 October 13, 2016 By Don Jergler Will workers’ compensation benefits from California’s sweeping reform law passed in 2012 help or hurt injured employees over the next...
California Workers’ Comp Reforms May Have Decreased Medical Payments May 19, 2016 Elements of California’s workers’ compensation reform law passed in 2012 may have contributed to the state’s 2013 and 2014 decreases...
Fatal Occupational Injuries Fell in California in 2014, Latest Report Shows April 21, 2016 The number of Californians who died on the job fell in 2014, according to the latest data available from the...