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May 21, 2020
Furloughs and Lay-Offs Strike Claims Professionals as Claims Volumes Decrease

May 19, 2020
California Division of Workers’ Compensation Emergency Rulemaking Regulations for Medical-Legal Reporting in Response to COVID-19 are in Effect

May 12, 2020
California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Additional Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule Including Expansion of Telehealth to Address COVID-19 Emergency (Physician and Non-Physician Practitioner Services)

May 6, 2020
California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Additional Adjustment to Official Medical Fee Schedule (DMEPOS) to Adopt Medicare Fee Schedule Increase Required by the CARES Act

The Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) advises that in response to COVID-19 proposed emergency regulations for Qualified Medical Evaluations (QMEs) were posted on the state’s Office of Administrative Law (OAL) website on May 7, 2020.

Pursuant to section 55 of title 1 of the California Code of Regulations, comments may be submitted to OAL and DWC through May 12, 2020.

If you wish to comment on these regulations, please contact Nicole Richardson by email at NRichardson@dir.ca.gov, by fax at 510-286-0687 or by telephone at 510-286-0656; and email OAL’s reference attorney at staff@oal.ca.gov.

The text of the emergency regulations is posted on DWC’s website.

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lonce@adjustercom.com, Lonce Lamonte, journalist and editor of adjustercom with the California Division of Workers' Compensation.