News Main Page

Email A Friend

More News

January 15, 2026
California Division of Workers' Compensation posts reminder for submission of Annual Report of Inventory for claims reported during calendar year 2025

January 13, 2026
Division of Workers' Compensation now accepting applications for Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME) exam on April 11-17

January 13, 2026
Wildfires, Storms, Floods hit record high in insured losses

January 7, 2026
California Division of Workers' Compensation announces release of Requests for Proposal to modernize EAMS

The Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) is announcing the increase of the mileage rate for medical and medical-legal travel expenses by 2.5 cents to 72.5 cents per mile effective January 1, 2026.

This rate must be paid for travel on or after January 1, 2026, regardless of the date of injury. Labor Code Section 4600, in conjunction with Government Code Section 19820 and the California Department of Human Resources regulations, establishes the rate payable for mileage reimbursement for medical and medical-legal expenses and ties it to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

*****
advertisement

Workers' compensation defense attorney sought -- California

*****

IRS bulletin number IR-2025-128, dated December 29, 2025, announced the rate increase. The updated mileage reimbursement form is posted on the DWC website.

# # #

from the DWC Newsline issued and then edited for publication on adjustercom by editor Lonce Lamonte, lonce@adjustercom.com