I want to . . .
- Search for an active workers’ comp case
- Know my rights
- Know what to do when I get hurt on the job
- Find a fact sheet or I&A guide
- Find a form
- Find a publication
- Find a report
- Find a DWC office
- Contact DWC
- Participate in DWC rulemaking
- Participate in a DWC forum
- Participate in a WCAB forum
- Participate in DWC's 17th annual educational conference
Under the direction of an executive medical director, the Medical Unit performs a variety of services related to delivery of medical benefits in the workers' compensation system. It establishes policy and guidelines for the treatment and evaluation of injured workers. The unit examines and appoints physicians to be qualified medical evaluators (QMEs), who in turn examine injured workers to help determine the level of benefits they receive. It also certifies and oversees groups -- medical provider networks (MPNs) and health care organizations (HCOs) -- that provide care to injured workers. The unit reviews utilization review (UR) plans and handles UR complaints and investigations jointly with the Audit Unit. It also assists the DWC administrative director with other issues affecting providers in the workers' compensation system, such as setting medical fee schedules, and undertakes medical care studies
Qualified medical evaluator (QME) regulations and forms effective Feb. 17, 2009
How to serve your report on DEU and be EAMS compliant 
Managed care
- Medical provider network (MPN)
- Utilization review (UR)
- Health care organizations (HCO)
Med-legal programs
Official Medical Fee Schedule
Reports
- 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 - May 2008
- California Worker's Compensation RBRVS Study. The Lewin Group; October 8, 2002
Medical Unit news
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| Feb. 3, 2010 | Division of Workers’ Compensation Medical Unit cancels April qualified medical evaluator examination  version |
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Mailing Address:
DWC - Medical Unit P.O. Box 71010 Oakland, CA 94612 |
Street Address:
DWC - Medical Unit 1515 Clay Street, 18th floor Oakland CA 94612 |
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Telephone Number: 510-286-3700 or 800-794-6900
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February 2010