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May 2008
May 12, 2008 Division of Workers’ Compensation releases The Lewin Group study results regarding adapting the Resource-Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS) to California's workers' compensation physican fee schedule in advance of public meetings acrobat image version
May 9, 2008 Division of Workers’ Compensation proposes changes to permanent disability rating schedule acrobat image version
April 2008
Apr. 23, 2008 State Division of Workers’ Compensation to hold free Spanish-language seminar on workers’ compensation benefits and laws in Oxnard acrobat image version en español
Apr. 21, 2008 Division of Workers' Compensation posts updated treating physician forms and regulations to online forum for public comment acrobat image version
Apr. 10, 2008 WCAB posts proposed regulations pertaining to rules of practice and procedure to online forum for public comment acrobat image version
Apr. 9, 2008 Division of Workers’ Compensation presents information on the Electronic Adjudication Management System to the Assembly Insurance Committee acrobat image version
Apr. 9, 2008 Division of Workers’ Compensation posts list of facilities using "high cost outlier" payment methodology acrobat image version
Apr. 9, 2008 Ambulance fee schedule adopts Medicare’s 2008 public use file, effective April 7, 2008 acrobat image version
Apr. 8, 2008 The Office of Administrative Law approves the Division of Workers’ Compensation’s request to change section numbers of current regulations acrobat image version
Apr. 7, 2008 Division of Workers’ Compensation posts annual report on the alternative dispute resolution/carve-out program for 2006 on its Web site acrobat image version
Apr. 3, 2008 Division of Workers’ Compensation issues 15-day notice of revisions to proposed ethics regulations for workers’ compensation judges acrobat image version
Apr. 2, 2008 Division of Workers’ Compensation answers first aid inquiries acrobat image version
March 2008
Mar. 25, 2008 Division of Workers' Compensation posts revised benefit notices manual and sample benefit notices to Web site acrobat image version
Mar. 21, 2008 Adjustments to the outpatient hospital and ambulatory surgical center services section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule to conform to changes in Medicare payment system are posted on the DWC Web site acrobat image version
Mar. 19, 2008 Division of Workers' Compensation posts Electronic Adjudication Management System regulations to online forum for public comment acrobat image version
Mar. 14, 2008 Division of Workers’ Compensation updating its database of legal practitioners acrobat image version
Mar. 12, 2008 Adjustments to the DMEPOS section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule to conform to changes in the Medicare payment system are posted on the DWC Web site acrobat image version
Mar. 11, 2008 Division of Workers’ Compensation launches newsletter to keep the public informed about the Electronic Adjudication Management System acrobat image version
Mar. 6, 2008 More than 70 attendees gathered Wednesday to discuss the Electronic Adjudication Management System with the Division of Workers’ Compensation acrobat image version

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April 2008