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DWC Newsline
  • 2020-69 - WCAB Expands Hearing Options at the DOs
  • 2020-68 - $2.6 Million Settlement Securing Unpaid Wages for 133 Bay Area Restaurant Workers
  • 2020-67 - QME Exam in October Accepting Applications
  • 2020-66 - Proposed Change to MTUS - Antiemetics
  • 2020-65 - DIR Files Suits against Uber and Lyft for Systemic Wage Theft
  • 2020-64 - Appt to Ethics Advisory Comm of DIR
  • 2020-63 - Cal_OSHA Urges Employers to Follow the State’s Guidance on Protecting Workers from COVID-19
  • 2020-61 - DIR Diles Suit - Gig-Economy Car Wash Misclassifys and Underpays Workers
  • 2020-60 - DWC Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Hospital OP & ASC)
  • 2020-59 - OSIP Adopts New Reporting Regulations Affecting Self-Insured Employers
  • 2020-58 - DWC Posts Changes to OMFS (DMEPOS)
  • 2020-57 - DWC Posts Changes to OMFS (Pathology and Lab Sections)
  • 2020-56 - DWC Posts Proposed Medical-Legal Fee Schedule to the Forum
  • 2020-55 - CA Adopts 1st Ntl Wrkplc Safety Stds for Nighttime Agric Workers
  • 2020-54 - Adj to OMFS (Physician Services _ Non-Physician Practitioner Services)
  • 2020-53 - Cal OSHA Reminds ERs - Prevent Heat Illness during Period of High Heat
  • 2020-52 - Public Hearing - Proposed Updates to the MTUS
  • 2020-49 - Addt'l Adjustments to OMFS(Hospital OP ASC)
  • 2020-48 - DWC and WCAB Continue to Expand Hearing Schedule at the District Offices
  • 2020-47 - DWC Posts Additional Adjustments to OMFS for Pathology and Clinical Laboratory (Additional COVID-19 Codes_Fees Added)
  • 2020-46 - DWC Posts ACOEM’s Coronavirus COVID-19 Guideline on MTUS
  • 2020-44 - Forms are updated to report Covid-19 injuries
  • 2020-43 - Emergency Rulemaking Regs in Effect for Med-Legal Reporting in Response to COVID-19
  • 2020-41 - DWC Posts Additional Adjustments to OMFS Including Expansion of Telehealth to Address COVID-19 Emergency
  • 2020-39 - Adjustment to DMEPOS to Adopt Medicare Fee Schedule Increase Required by the CARES Act
  •  2020-38 - DIR & CalOSHA Honor Workers' Memorial Day
  • 2020-37 - DWC & WCAB Hearing Schedule at District Offices
  • 2020-36 - April QME Test To Be Rescheduled
  • 2020-35 - Proposed emergency Rule-Making for Med-Legal Reporting in Response to C-19
  • 2020-31 - C-19 Adj to OMFS to encourage Telehealth for Txt 4/13/20
  • 2020-29 - C-19 Updated Hearing and Filing Procedures 4/03/20
  • 2020-26 - QME Evals 3/28/20
  • 2020-23 - Posts Additional Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule for Pathology and Clinical Laboratory (New C-19 Codes Added)
  • 2020-21 - Guidance for Evals During Medical Emergency Period
  • 2020-20 - WCAB Order on C-19
  • 2020-18 - WCAB Filing and Hearing on C-19
 
cwcsa - Sc Advocates Newsletters
SC Advocates Website
  • 12/23/20 - DIR Has Met Most of the Auditor's Recommendations (New Blog Post!)
  • 12/15/20 - Medical-Legal Fee Schedule: Curiouser and Curiouser (New Blog Post!)
  • 8/13/20 - Times They Are A-Changin'
  • 5/28/20 - Scam Artists Try to Slip One Past the Goalie During COVID-19
  • 5/11/20 - DWC Update on Proposed Emerg Regs ML Evals during COVID-19
  • 4/26/20 - CD&F Blog - Be Careful as CA Begins to Return to Work
  • 4/24/20 - Family First Bill
  • 4/24/20 - It's a Good Evening! But is this good news? Probably...
  • 4/23/20 - Shameful Self-Promotion and Emergency Tele-Eval Regs
  • 4/13/20 - DWC Posts Adjustments to OMFS to Encourage Provision of Telehealth Services WC Med Txt
  • 3/28/20 - QME Evals
  • 3/26/20 - WCIS eNews No. 147 - New Nature and Cause of Injury Code for COVID-19 Claims Reporting
  • 3/23/20 - DWC Ofc Ltd Hours
  • 3/19/20 - LA Times Essential California
  • 3/19/20 - DWC C-19 Exam Cxl & Telemedicine
  • 3/17/20 - DWC Temporarily Closing Bay Area Offices
  • 3/16/20 - More on CXL Appointments, WCAB Contact During Covid
  • 3/09/20 - Covid Cxl Appt & DIR Director
  • 1/15/20
  • 1/07/20
Telehealth
  • 4/27/20 - DaisyBill - Ignore Anthem's Incorrect Telehealth Claims
  • 4/27/20 - Anthem PR - Telehealth Solution for Injured Workers
  • Compliant Version of List of Medicare Telehealth Services
  • 4/15/20 - Admin Dir Order Reimb - Covid
  • Ofc of Civil Rights Notification of Enforcement Discretion for Telehealth Remote Comms. During Covid
  • Ofc of Civil Rights Issues Bulletin on Civil Rights Laws and HIPAA Flexibilities - C-19
  • 4/17/20 - DMHC - Telehealth Services
  • 4/15/20 - CA DWC Update to Telehealth Regulations
  • 4/7/20 - DaisyBill Telehealth Webinar
  • Fed Office for Civil Rights Telehealth FAQ
  • DaisyBill Blog - Malpractice May Not Cover Telehealth
  • 3/30/20 - CMS Web-Posting Master Final Covid Regulations
  • Tips for Etiquette on Zoom, Google Hangouts
  • CDI Says Insurance Co's Must Provide Increased Telehealth Access During C-19 Emergency
  • 3/18/20 - DMHC - Reimbursement for Telehealth Services
  • CA OMFS Physician Reimbursement by Locality - List of Medicare Telehealth Svc - Fee Schedule
  • CCHPCA CA Current State Laws and Reimbursement Policies
  • CNA Ins - Med Provider Risk Management Concerns in Telehealth
  • PTWA - Washington Telehealth
  • Telemedicine: Virtual Health Calls - Who Remembers the Jetsons? by Tammy Bradly (2/12/16)
  • Telemedicine: Coventry's Approach - Managed Care Matters
Emergency Regulations: Med-Legal Tele-Evaluations
  • 4/29/20 - WCC - Emergency Regs for Med-Legal Evals
  • 4/24/20 - Notice
  • 4/14/20 - Finding of Emergency - Electronic Service
  • 4/24/20 - Text of Regulations - Electronic Service
  • 4/24/20 - Finding of Emergency - Telehealth
  • 4/24/20 - Text of Regulations - Telehealth
  • 3/19/20 - WCC - Telehealth and QME Evals During COVID Epidemic
COVID-19 SMALL BUSINESS
  • 6/26/20 - Field Assistance Bulletin - FFRCA Leave based on closure of summer programs
  • 4/28/20 - WCIRB Special Regulatory Filing in Response to COVID-19
  • 4/21/20 - Medscape Programs Can Provide Money to Keep Your Practice Running
  • 4/17/20 - Are We Headed for an Economic Depression in 2020 Because of Coronavirus?
  • CA Labor & Employment Law Blog - SF and SJ Adopt New COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Reqs.
  • 4/6/20 - US Dept of Labor - Families First Coronavirus Response Act Q&A
  • Presenting to Management - Be Prepared for the Tough Questions
  • Small Business Guide to the CARES Act
  • Labor Letter on COVID-19 to Governor & Legislature
  • 3/30/20 - DOL Provides New Guidance CD&F
  • 3/30/20 - DOL COVID-19 and the American Workplace
  • 3/28/20 - CA Labor & Employment Law Blog - DOL Issues Further Guidance on FFCRA
BUSINESS INSIDER
  • 4/24/20 - Judge Issues Order Halting COVID Comp Expansions
  • 4/24/20 - Business Groups Ask Newson to Tread Lightly on Compensation for COVID-19
  • 4/20/20 - CA Virus Comp Costs Projected to Reach as High as $33.6B
  • 4/20/20 - NCCI - Comp Premiums Likely to Dip as Employment Declines
Med-Legal Fee Schedule
  • 12/9/20 - Medical-Legal Fee Schedule Written Comments
  • 12/14/20 - Medical-Legal Fee Schedule Additional Comments
  • CSIMS Position Paper - Physician Reporting in the CA Workers' Compensation System
  • 6/30/20 - Fee Schedule Forum Comments
  • 6/5/20 - Proposed Fee Schedule
  • 6/5/20 - Proposed Fee Schedule (CWCSA Comments)
Payers & PRoviders Newsletters
  • 8/13/20
  • 8/12/20 - Worries About Coronavirus by Race & Ethnicity
  • 8/10/20
  • 7/30/20
  • 7/16/20
  • 6/11/20
  • 5/26/20 - Recognizing and Managing COVID Presumption Exposures Incubating in you Claims (CSIA)
  • 5/21/20
  • 4/30/20
  • 4/9/20
  • 3/19/20
  • 2/27/20
  • 2/6/20
  • 1/16/20
  • 12/12/19
COVID-19 Presumption & Related
  • 5/18/20 - Blue Shield Dominates Testing in California (Sac Bee)
  • 5/18/20 - WCC - Presumption Costs and Considerations
  • 5/18/20 - Alan Gurvey - Presumption: A Broader Perspective
  • 5/18/20 - WCC - SB 1159 - Rebuttable Presumption Moves Forward
  • 4/27/20 - WCC - WCIRB Covid-Related Rule Changes
  • 4/27/20 - WCC - Covid Claims - Legislation-Litigation-Exec Order-Common Sense
  • 4/20/20 - Stanford - C-19 Antibody in Santa Clara County
  • 3/18/20 - WCAB EnBanc Waiver of Rules Practice & Procedure COVID-19
SB 1159 - COVID Benefits
  • 6/29/20 - California Senate passes COVID Comp Bill
  • 6/29/20 - SB 1159 Senate Floor Analyses
Politico PRO magazine
  • 7/23/20 - Insider's Report: Policymaking During a Pandemic
  • 5/5/20 - States weigh workers' comp for frontline workers against the cost
  • 4/21/20 - Bipartisan deal reached on small business coronavirus relief
  • 4/21/20 - Bay Area health officials issue new face covering mandate
  • 4/21/20 - Trump revs up for a state-by-state fight over coronavirus shutdowns
  • 4/21/20 - How California’s coastal-rural divide could provide lessons for the nation
  • 4/21/20 - Facebook shuts down anti-quarantine protests at states' request
  • 4/21/20 - Trump urged to add education expert to reopening task force
  • 4/21/20 - Los Angeles study suggests Covid-19 more widespread than reported
  • 4/21/20 - Tracking the virus may require 300,000 workers. We're nowhere close.
  • 4/21/20 - California antibody studies suggest higher infection rates — but experts warn data could be flawed
  • 4/21/20 - California Pro Workers' comp and circumstance — Small city stimulus — Facebook feed frenzy
  • 4/21/20 - Calif labor, business groups in fierce battle over coronavirus workers' comp change
  • 4/20/20 - California Pro Report
  • 4/20/20 - CA Comp Costs Cover Page
  • 3/11/20 - POLITICOPro SCAdvocates
  • 3/10/20 - CA narrative casts a pall over East Coast efforts to elevate gig economy workers
  • 2/13/20 - Opinion: A Conservative Judge Draws the Line
  • 9/17/19 - Essential Guide to Calif Legislation
  • 3/18/19 - Pro California Q&A: ASM Health Comm Chair Jim Wood
  • 2/21/19 - 6 Legislative Issues Facing the 116th Congress
  • 11/19/17 - TaxReformFINAL_V1_PoliticoHill_ALT1
  • 12/21/16 - Date for Medicare's insolvency remains 2030
  • 8/15/16 - How We Killed the Tea Party
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