California's Divison of Workers' Compensation (DWC) San Bernardino District Office to Close Temporarily By Lonce Lamonte, adjustercom editor with DWC Newsline news release for July 18th 2024 - July 18, 2024 The Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) today announced that its San Bernardino district office will be temporarily closed for approximately six to eight weeks beginning Monday, July 22, 2024, due to excessive heat and needed repairs to a currently inoperable air conditioning system. Please check the San Bernardino district office page for regular status updates during this closure. If you have a trial set at this office, please call the assigned judge’s conference line, unless instructed otherwise. Read More

The WCIRB Releases Update to Report of Economic Changes Upon Workers' Compensation in California By Lonce Lamonte - July 15, 2024 According to the Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB), the predicted changes in workers' compensation claims gravity and occurrences will be small in California because of its industry variation in employment. Also stated in the update, employment in most industries recovered from the pandemic related changes by the end of the year 2022. Employment in hospitality recovered in 2023. Retail employment is expected to stay below 2019 levels until 2026. Construction employment is expected to have moderate growth in 2024 and 2025. Then, it's expected to slow down in 2026. Read More

California's Division of Workers' Compensation Accepting Applications for Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME) Examination on October 4th -- 10th 2024 By Lonce Lamonte, editor, with the DWC Newsline - July 9, 2024 The Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) is now accepting applications for the Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME) examination for October 2024. The examination will be held between October 4th and October 10th 2024. DWC will offer in-person computer-based testing (CBT) for the October 2024 QME examination using Pearson VUE. CPS HR consulting, the vendor managing the QME Exam, will notify interested candidates of the registrration and scheduling process. The test sites will be announced on the Registration Notices. Notice regarding Public Access to Information about QME applicants. Read More

California's Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Hospital Outpatient Departments/Ambulatory Surgical Centers) By Lonce Lamonte, adjustercom editor using the DWC Newsline news release - July 1, 2024 The Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) has posted an order adjusting the Hospital Outpatient Departments and Ambulatory Surgical Centers section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule (OMFS) to conform to changes in the Medicare payment system as required by Labor Code section 5307.1. The Hospital Outpatient Departments and Ambulatory Surgical Centers fee schedule update order adopts the following Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare changes: July 2024 Quarterly Update Read More

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