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Official qualified medical evaluators
Publications
Revised benefit notices manual, sample benefit notices and fact sheets 
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A Guidebook for Injured Workers, 2006 
Compensación del Trabajador de California
An employer's guide to workers' compensation in California
"An Employers Guide to Workers' Compensation in California" is being revised.
The Physician's Guide to Medical Practice in the California Workers'
Compensation System
version.
California standards governing timeliness and quality of vocational rehabilitation services
Rehabilitation Unit administrative guideline
Reports
Adapting the RBRVS Methodology to the California Workers’ Compensation Physician Fee Schedule
Carve-out program: A report of activities for the calendar year 2006 
Access to Medical Treatment in the California Workers' Compensation System, 2006
Uncompensated wage loss for injured workers with permanent disabilities version
Wage loss for injured workers with permanent disabilities version
Return to work rates for injured workers with permanent disability version
Study: The effects of legislative reforms on California workers' compensation insurance rates
Study required by Labor Code section 138.65 (SB 899) and performed by Bickmore Risk Services under contract with the DWC
Executive summary
Click here to download the entire report
DWC annual report 1998
The narrative portion in Adobe Acrobat
The charts in Adobe Acrobat
Audit Unit
2007 DWC Audit Unit annual report for audits conducted in 2006
DWC Audit Unit annual reports 1994 - 2005
Construction carve-out program
Construction carve-out program: 1999 report of activities
Construction carve-out program: 1998 report of activities
Construction carve-out program: 1997 report of activities
Construction carve-out program: 1996 report of activities
Legislative reforms
SB 899 first annual report of progress - html version - version
Compilation of changes in workers' compensation laws effective Jan. 1, 2001
Compilation of changes in workers' compensation laws effective Jan. 1, 2000
Compilation of changes in workers' compensation laws effective Jan. 1, 1999
Compilation of changes in workers' compensation laws effective Jan. 1, 1998
1993 reform of the California workers' compensation system
A history of the reform effort, as well as facts, charts and statistics on the progress and accomplishments of the reform measures to date, are contained in the fifth anniversary update September, 1998.
Worker's compensation reform - third anniversary update
Medical care in workers' compensation
24 hour pilot programs under Labor Code section 4612: Interim report to the legislature
HTML version, version
Injured worker satisfaction with care in a 24-hour pilot program
Improving the quality of care for injured workers in California, focus group discussions
A research report, published November 2001
Utilization review in California's workers' compensation system: A preliminary assessment
A research brief, published July 2001
on the development of the survey, the actual questionnaire used and a May 2001 DWC research brief, What Do Injured Workers Think About Their Medical Care and Outcomes After Work Injury?
Physician fee schedule studies
The following studies and papers were sponsored by the Department of Industrial Relations. They provide background information relevant to adoption of a resource-based relative value scale for the physician fee schedule.
The Use of Resource-Based Relative Value Scales for Provider Reimbursement in State Workers' Compensation Programs. UCLA Center for Health Policy Research; September 1999
Appendix 1: Detailed State Interviews Concerning Their Use of Relative Value Scales for Workers' Compensation
California Worker's Compensation RBRVS Study. The Lewin Group; October 8, 2002
A Study of the Relative Work Content of Evaluation and Management Codes. The Lewin Group. April 29, 2003
Appendix E: Survey Instrument for the Relative Physician Work Content of Evaluation and Management Services
A Study of the Practice Expenses Associated with the Provision of Evaluation and Management Services. The Lewin Group; May 13, 2003
Adopting medical fee schedules - summary - full text
Uninsured Employers Benefit Trust Fund and Subsequent Injuries Fund (UEF/SIF)
Report of Uninsured Employers Benefit Trust Fund
in compliance with Labor Code §3716.1( c )
Report
of Subsequent Injuries Benefit Trust Fund in compliance with Labor Code §4755(d)
Report of Uninsured Employers Benefits Trust Fund Job Classification data
Workers' compensation ethics advisory committee
Workers' compensation ethics advisory committee, 2005 annual report
Workers' compensation ethics advisory committee, 2004 annual report
Workers' compensation ethics advisory committee, 2003 annual report
Workers' compensation ethics advisory committee, 2002 Annual report
Workers' compensation ethics advisory committee, 2001 Annual report
Schedules
Permanent disability rating schedule
Permanent disability rating schedule - 2005
This schedule is effective for dates of injury on or after Jan. 1, 2005. This schedule will also be used to rate permanent disability in injuries that occurred before Jan. 1, 2005 when there has been either no comprehensive medical-legal report, or no report by a treating physician indicating the existence of permanent disability, or when the employer is not required to provide a notice to the injured worker under Labor Code section 4061.
Permanent disability rating schedule - 1997
This schedule is effective for dates of injury on or after Apr. 1, 1997
Permanent disability rating schedule - 1988
This schedule is effective for dates of injury on or after July, 1988
Official medical fee schedule
Official medical fee schedule (OMFS) 1999 to present
May 2008