California DWC Issues Revised Drug Formulary Regulations for 15-day Comment Period By Lonce LaMon and Newsline from the California DIR - July 18, 2017 The California Department of Industrial Relations’ Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has issued modified proposed regulations to adopt the Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule (MTUS) drug formulary. The proposed rulemaking implements Assembly Bill 1124 (Statutes 2015, Chapter 525), which mandates adoption of an evidence-based drug formulary. Read More

Comp policy can be rescinded for material misrepresentations: Business Insurance  May 25, 2017 An insurer may retroactively rescind a workers compensation policy because the insured misrepresented employee activities on its application for a policy, a California appeals court ruled.   Dallas-based Southern Insurance Co. issued a workers comp insurance policy effective Jan. 1, 2009, to California-based concession trucking company EJ Distribution Corp. based on an application that indicated covered employees would not travel out of California or outside of a 200-miled radius.

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California DWC Reports More Than 441,000 Lien Declarations Filed By Lonce LaMon and the CA DIR Newsline - July 18, 2017 The California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) reports that 441,070 supplemental lien declar... Read More

California Insurance Commissioner Reacts To Near-Miss Of A Crash On Return Flight From Toronto. Dave Jones Says The Event Has Inspired Him To Spend A Night Updating His Will. By Lonce LaMon - July 17, 2017 The California Department of Insurance sent out a News Release just before Noon today stating that Ins... Read More

California’s Workers’ Compensation System 2012 Senate Bill 863 Created Independent Medical Review Shows Progress By Lonce LaMon and California's DIR Newsline - July 13, 2017 California’s Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) and its Division of Workers’ Compensation (D... Read More

Work Comp’s Retrospective Medical Bill Review And Payment Models Are Costing Payers, Providers And Injured Workers By Kenneth Farnham and Lonce LaMon, editor - May 4, 2017 To better illustrate the absurdity of the current, inefficient, misguided Workers’ Compensation bill... Read More

Christine Harris Moves To AIMs In Sacramento. She embarks on handling the claims for the judicial branch of the California workers' compensation program. By Lonce LaMon - June 1, 2017 Last month Christine Harris joined AIMs in Sacramento, California as a senior workers’ compensation ... Read More