The California Division of Workers’ Compensation would be required to post its medical director’s annual analysis of medical-legal reports to its website, under a recently
… Read more »The California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board posted a notice to the state job website soliciting applications to fill three workers’ compensation judge positions in San
… Read more »The number of eligible applications for independent medical review increased to 148,106 in 2024 from 133,093 in 2023, and the proportion of decisions affirming the underlying
… Read more »The Arizona Court of Appeals rejected a constitutional challenge to a statute governing billing for medical treatment and found that a carrier was not liable for
… Read more »The Oregon Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s new/omitted medical condition claim for a preexisting cervical arthritic condition, as well as a finding
… Read more »Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte signed a bill allowing temporary total disability benefits to be terminated when an injured worker is released to full duty.
… Read more »The California Division of Workers’ Compensation updated sections of the Official Medical Fee Schedule covering outpatient procedures and medical goods to conform to changes in
… Read more »The Washington Supreme Court last week disbarred a Seattle-area solo practitioner for using his clients’ trust accounts as his own “piggy bank.”
Paul Arnold Wallstrom was
… Read more »The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division said it will conduct quarterly reviews to make certain that insurers and self-insured employers are conducting vocational assistance eligibility determinations, starting
… Read more »California’s labor-management panel is scheduled to meet in Sacramento on April 16.
Members of the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation are slated
… Read more »Jun 14-28, 2025
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