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| April 6, 2020 |
DWC Cancels Quarterly Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee Meeting Scheduled for April 22 |
| April 3, 2020 |
DWC and WCAB Announce Updated Hearing and Filing Procedures |
| April 2, 2020 |
DWC Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Hospital Outpatient Departments/Ambulatory Surgical Centers) |
| April 2, 2020 |
DWC Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (DMEPOS) |
| March 28, 2020 |
DWC Issues Emergency Measures for Medical-Legal Evaluations during Governor Newsom’s Stay-at-home Order |
| March 27, 2020 |
DWC Posts Adjustment to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Pathology and Clinical Laboratory Section) and Adopts COVID-19 Testing Codes |
| March 27, 2020 |
DWC Postpones MTUS Public Hearing Scheduled for March 30 |
| March 24, 2020 |
All DWC Offices Open Except for Eureka, with Bakersfield Scheduled to Reopen on March 26 |
| March 23, 2020 |
DWC Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Physician Services / Non-Physician Practitioner Services) |
| March 19, 2020 |
DWC Provides Guidance on Medical Evaluations During State of Emergency Period |
| March 18, 2020 |
WCAB Issues En Banc Order Regarding Rules, Office Closure During COVID-19 Emergency |
| March 17, 2020 |
DWC Temporarily Closing San Jose, Oakland, San Francisco Offices |
| March 16, 2020 |
DWC and WCAB Announce Modified Hearing Calendar & Filing Update |
| March 13, 2020 |
Attorney General Becerra, Labor Commissioner’s Office Challenge Federal Action Undermining Protections for Bus Drivers |
| March 12, 2020 |
DWC Announces Request for Information to Update EAMS |
| March 10, 2020 |
California Labor Commissioner’s Office Cites Restaurant Owners Over $2 Million for Wage Theft |
| March 5, 2020 |
DWC Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule for Physician Services/Non-Physician Practitioner Services to Implement Medicare Correction to the Correct Coding Initiative files |
| February 27, 2020 |
DWC Posts Amendment to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Hospital Outpatient Departments and Ambulatory Surgical Centers) |
| February 27, 2020 |
DWC Issues Notice of Public Hearing for Proposed Evidence-Based Updates to the Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule |
| February 13, 2020 |
DWC Announces Pilot for Electronic Submission of Doctor’s First Report of Injury |
| February 11, 2020 |
DWC Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule for Physician Services/Non-Physician Practitioner Services to Implement Second Medicare Correction to the Annual Update |
| February 5, 2020 |
DWC Posts Fee Schedule Adjustments for Hospital Outpatient Departments / Ambulatory Surgical Centers |
| February 3, 2020 |
Cal/OSHA Issues Guidance on Requirements to Protect Health Care Workers from 2019 Novel Coronavirus |
| January 30, 2020 |
DWC Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule for Physician Services/Non-Physician Practitioner Services to Implement Medicare Corrections |
| January 30, 2020 |
DWC Posts Adjustment to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Pathology and Clinical Laboratory Section) |
| January 28, 2020 |
Cal/OSHA Reminder to Employers: Post 2019 Annual Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses on February 1 |
| January 27, 2020 |
DWC Medical Unit Accepting Applications for Qualified Medical Evaluator Examination on April 18 |
| January 9, 2020 |
DWC Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee Meeting Scheduled for January 22 in Oakland |
| January 2, 2020 |
Mileage Rate for Medical and Medical-Legal Travel Expenses Decreases Effective January 1, 2020 |
| January 2, 2020 |
WCAB's Final Rules in Effect as of January 1 |
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