California DWC Announces New Search Tool for Independent Bill Review (IBR) Decisions By California Department of Industrial Relations - September 29, 2016 The California Department of Industrial Relations Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has added an easy-to-use search tool to help the public find Independent Bill Review (IBR) determinations quickly and efficiently. The DWC IBR search tool is available on the DWC website. Over 5,100 IBR cases have been decided since the IBR program was implemented on January 1, 2013. Information for each case is posted to the DWC website after the case is decided. Similar in structure to the Independent Medical Review (IMR) search tool, the public can search for the decisions on dates of application receipt and decision issuance, case decision and applicable fee schedule. Read More

Ronnie Case To Be Released From Jail. Judge Accepts Bond Premium Payment From Mike Smith After He Produces Bank Statements. By Lonce LaMon - September 29, 2016 Ronnie Wayne Case, who was once a race car driver, went to work for Dr. Munir Uwaydah and worked closely with Kelly Soo Park.  Now, after having been incarcerated for just over one year as a defendant in the Criminal Organization Munir Uwaydah case in downtown Los Angeles, he is set to be released from jail as soon as his bail can be posted. “We’re working on it,” Ronnie’s bail bondsman, Josh Herman, said yesterday just outside Department 109 on the ninth floor of Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in the late morning.  Read More

Ronnie Wayne Case Still In Jail As His Defense Struggles To Prove Bond Money Is Not Feloniously Obtained In Criminal Organization Munir Uwaydah Case In Downtown L.A. By Lonce LaMon - September 23, 2016 During court proceedings on Friday, September 16th 2016, and continuing again late in the afternoon on Wednesday, September 21st 2016, defense attorney James Spertus held a bail hearing for his client, Ronnie Wayne Case, who has been in jail now for one year.  Case is presently held on one million dollars bail in the Criminal Organization Munir Uwaydah case in downtown Los Angeles, Department 109 of Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center. Ronnie Wayne Case was also arrested prior to September of 2015 at the same time Kelly Soo Park was arrested in June 2010 as the suspect accused of the murder of aspiring actress and model Juliana Redding.  Ronnie Case was arrested because he was in possession of hundreds of vials of compound cream pain medication, which were found in the trunk of his car.  Read More

Peter Nelson, Dr. Uwaydah's Physician Assistant, Remains Incarcerated. His Wife, Marisa, Comes To Court For First Time Since Being Released. By Lonce LaMon - September 19, 2016 Marisa Schermbeck Nelson came to court out-of-custody for the first time since being released from jail in the Criminal Organization Munir Uwaydah case being heard in the pre-trial phase in downtown Los Angeles.  She was released July 7th 2016 after a successful 995 Motion executed by her legal team led by downtown Los Angeles-based lawyer Amy Jacks. Marisa led with Dr. Munir Uwaydah his massive workers’ compensation fraud scheme along with other con-jobs dating back to the 1990s and early 21st Century in Pennsylvania and Ohio.  This was before Uwaydah came to California around 2002, bringing Marisa with him.  Essentially and in an extreme nutshell, Marisa won the dismissal of all charges against her because of statute of limitations issues plus “Johnson error”.  Johnson error is the failure to disclose exculpatory evidence to the Grand Jury.  Read More

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September 16, 2016 - California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) Issues Notice of Public Hearing on October 31 for Proposed Modifications to Return-to-Work Supplement Program

September 13, 2016 - Tom Calderon, former California Assemblyman, Sentenced To One Year In Federal Prison. Brother Ron To Be Sentenced Next Week.

September 12, 2016 - Defendant Tony Folgar’s Bail In Discussion With Prosecutors For Reduction To $170,000 In Criminal Organization Munir Uwaydah Case. His Legal Team Gets More Time On Calendar For Negotiating A Plea Deal.

September 8, 2016 - Sim Hoffman, M.D.'s Defense Wins A Sustained Demurrer In 102 Count Information In Orange County Superior Court

September 8, 2016 - California DWC Issues Notice of 15-Day Comment Period for Proposed Modifications to the Official Medical Fee Schedule’s Hospital Outpatient Departments and Ambulatory Surgical Centers Section

September 8, 2016 - California Department of Workers' Compensation (DWC) Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (for Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS)

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