California Commission on

Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation

REPORT ON THE QUALITY OF TREATING PHYSICIAN REPORTS AND COST-BENEFIT OF PRESUMPTION IN FAVOR OF THE TREATING PHYSICIAN

CHSWC Members

Kristen Schwenkmeyer, Chair

Jill A. Dulich

Leonard C. McLeod

Gerald O’Hara

Tom Rankin

Robert B. Steinberg

Darrel “Shorty” Thacker

John C. Wilson

Christine Baker

Executive Officer

Prepared by

Frank Neuhauser

August 1999