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January 25, 2021
California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation Moves SIBTF Office to New Location

January 21, 2021
California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Additional Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule for Pathology and Clinical Laboratory

January 21, 2021
For Workers’ Compensation Claims Fraud Cases, Reporting From the Courts Goes on in Spite of COVID-19. New Live Streams Bring Proceedings to the Public as Courthouses Restrict Access.

January 19, 2021
California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Report on Independent Bill Review

The Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) announces its emergency regulations 36.7 and 46.2 for medical-legal evaluations, which became effective on May 14, 2020, will expire on March 12, 2021. The expiration date is in accordance with Executive Orders N-40-20 and N-66-20.

There are two possible 210-day extensions if those Executive Orders remain in effect. The emergency regulations can be found on the DWC website.

These emergency regulations help injured workers and employers continue to move their workers’ compensation claims toward a resolution and avoid additional and undue delay. The regulations address how medical-legal evaluations may proceed during this emergency period. The regulations also provide alternative forms of service for required forms related to medical-legal evaluations and reports. 

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