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• Public information case search
• EAMS and legacy case number lookup tool
• Pharmacy fee schedule
• Qualified medical evaluator

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• Time of hire pamphlet version text only version
  Un folleto para el nuevo empleado version versión de sólo texto
• Informational posters
• A Guidebook for Injured Workers, 2006
  Una Guía para los Trabajadores Lesionados, 2006
• Benefit notice manual, sample benefit notices and fact sheets version version - Dec. 2009
• Division of Workers' Compensation/Workers' Compensation Appeals Board - Policy and Procedural Manual
• The Physician's Guide to Medical Practice in the California Workers' Compensation System

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Annual reports

• DIR biennial report 2000-2001
• DWC annual report 1998
  The narrative portion
  The chart

Audit Unit

• 2010 DWC Audit Unit annual report for audits conducted in 2009
  
• Audit Unit annual reports archive

Carve-out program

• Carve-out program: A report on activities 2004 - 2009
• Carve-out program: A report of activities for the calendar year 2008
• Carve-out program: A report of activities for the calendar year 2007
• Carve-out program: A report of activities for the calendar year 2006
• 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

Electronic Adjudication Management System (EAMS)

• DWC Electronic Adjudication Management System (EAMS) – Special Project Report #3

Evaluating the Permanent Disability Rating Schedule

• 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

Insurance industry

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

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 Sept. 1998
  
• Worker's compensation reform - third anniversary update July 1996

Medical care in workers' compensation

• Access, Quality, and Outcomes of Health Care in the California Workers' Compensation System, 2008
• Access to Medical Treatment in the California Workers' Compensation System, 2006
• Predesignation of personal physician report pursuant to Labor Code section 4600(d)(7)
• 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
• "What Do Injured Workers Think of Their Medical Care?" is a survey of patient satisfaction with medical care in the states' workers' compensation system. It contains questions on medical care, return to work, and functional outcomes following a work injury or illness. Those interested in using this survey should contact the DWC Managed Care Unit. You may download the technical report (1997) 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.

• Adapting the RBRVS Methodology to the California Workers' Compensation Physician Fee Schedule - Dec. 2008
  • Adapting the RBRVS Methodology to the California Workers' Compensation Physician Fee Schedule: Supplemental report March 2010
• Adapting the RBRVS Methodology to the California Workers' Compensation Physician Fee Schedule - May 2008
• A Study of the Practice Expenses Associated with the Provision of Evaluation and Management Services. The Lewin Group; May 13, 2003
  • Survey Instrument for the Relative Physician Work Content of Evaluation and Management Services: Appendix E
• A Study of the Relative Work Content of Evaluation and Management Codes The Lewin Group. April 29, 2003
• Adopting medical fee schedules - summary - full text 2003
• California Worker's Compensation RBRVS Study. The Lewin Group; Oct. 8, 2002
  • Appendix A- O 2002
• The Use of Resource-Based Relative Value Scales for Provider Reimbursement in State Workers' Compensation Programs. UCLA Center for Health Policy Research; Sept. 1999
  • Detailed State Interviews Concerning Their Use of Relative Value Scales for Workers' Compensation: Appendix 1

Return-to-work

• Report on the Return-To-Work Program Established in Labor Code Section 139.48

Uninsured Employers Benefit Trust Fund and Subsequent Injuries Fund (UEBTF/SIBTF)

• Report of Subsequent Injuries Benefit Trust Fund in compliance with Labor Code 4755(d)
• Report of Uninsured Employers Benefit Trust Fund in compliance with Labor Code 3716.1( c )
• Report of Uninsured Employers Benefits Trust Fund Job Classification data

Workers' compensation ethics advisory committee

• Workers' compensation ethics advisory committee, 2010 annual report
• Workers' compensation ethics advisory committee, 2009 annual report
• Workers' compensation ethics advisory committee, 2008 annual report
• Workers' compensation ethics advisory committee, 2007 annual report
• 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

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Medical treatment utilization schedule (MTUS)

• Medical treatment utilization schedule (MTUS)

Official medical fee schedule (OMFS)

• Official medical fee schedule (OMFS) 1999 to present

Permanent disability rating schedule (PDRS)

• 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

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March 2012