California's Mileage Rate for Workers' Compensation Medical and Medical-Legal Travel Expenses Increases Effective January 1, 2018 By Lonce Lamonte and the California Department of Industrial Relations' Newsline - December 18, 2017
The California Division of Industrial Relations' Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) is announcing the increase of the mileage rate for medical and medical-legal travel expenses by one cent to 54.5 cents per mile effective January 1, 2018.
This rate must be paid for travel on or after January 1, 2018 regardless of the date of injury. Labor Code section 4600, in conjunction with Government Code section 19820 and the Department of Personnel Administration regulations, establishes the rate payable for mileage reimbursement for medical and medical-legal expenses and ties it to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
IRS Bulletin Number IR-2017-204 dated December 14, 2017 announced the rate increase. The updated mileage reimbursement form is posted on the DWC website.
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Lonce Lamonte, journalist, lonce@adjustercom.com; with input from Newsline from California's Department of Industrial Relations' Division of Workers' Compensation: dir.ca.gov
Adjuster / Examiner Claims Examiner Santa Ana Unified School District Santa Ana, CA