Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation

Information bulletins for 2007 may be accessed at http://www.dir.ca.gov/chswc/info_bulletin07.html.

Information bulletins

September 2007

• Medical Care Provided California's Injured Workers: An Overview of the Issues, RAND, September 2007 version

• Memorandum to Christine Baker, Executive Officer of CHSWC regarding "Analysis of ratings under the new PD schedule, through June 2007", August 23, 2007 version version
• Fraud in Workers' Compensation Payroll Reporting: How Much Employer Fraud Exists? What is the Impact on Honest Employers?, August 2007 version version
• Split Class Codes: Evidence of Fraudulent Payroll Reporting, August 2007 version version
• Pay-for-Performance in California's Workers' Compensation Medical Treatment System, RAND, August 2007
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• CHSWC announces Safe Jobs for Youth Month, May 2007

• Kristen Schwenkmeyer elected 2007 Chair of the California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation
• Labor Occupational Health Program, UC Berkeley, and Labor Occupational Safety and Health Program, UCLA, are Awarded WOSHTEP Contracts from the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation
• CHSWC approves release of background paper on Uninsured Employer Benefits Trust Fund
• CHSWC approves report and recommendations on the Spinal Surgery Second-Opinion process
• CHSWC approves the release of the Return-to-Work Roundtable Summary of November 17, 2006
• California partnership for Young Worker Health and Safety awarded contract from the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation
• CHSWC approves the release of the 24-Hour Care Roundtable Summary of December 7, 2006
• CHSWC releases updated guidebook for Injured Workers, Third edition in Spanish
• Return-to-Work Roundtable, Summary of November 17, 2006, CHSWC, April 27, 2007 version version
• Uninsured Employers Benefits Trust Fund, Background Paper, CHSWC, April 27, 2007 version version
• 24-Hour Care Roundtable, Summary of December 7, 2006, CHSWC, April 27, 2007 version version
• Report and Recommendations on the Spinal Surgery Second-Opinion Process, CHSWC, April 27, 2007
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• Draft study of the California workers' compensation insurance market study, Hays, September 2003
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• Two new Commissioners appointed to CHSWC

• Carve-out conference/Alternative Dispute Resolution, August 2, 2007

• Memorandum to Christine Baker, Executive Officer of CHSWC regarding "Analysis of ratings under the new PD schedule, through January 2007", February 23, 2007 version version
• CHSWC draft 24-hour care roundtable report
• CHSWC approves release of draft background paper on UEBTF
• CHSWC approves report and recommendations on the spinal surgery second-opinion process
• CHSWC releases updated guidebook for injured workers
• "Workers' Compensation in California: A Guidebook for Injured Workers," November 2006 Edition version
• CHSWC meeting, February 23, 2007
• The Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation announces the 2007 Young Worker Leadership Academy in Northern California

• Recent roundtables at CHSWC
• The Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation announces the 2007 Young Worker Leadership Academy in Northern California

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