1. DWC

Division of Workers’ Compensation News and Announcements

You may sign up for the DWC Newsline at http://www.dir.ca.gov/email/listsub.asp?choice=1. For more information, call (510) 286-7100. Click on the date below to read the Web version of a newsline.

DWC newslines were created in 1992 to provide up-to-date information about the Division of Workers’ Compensation to subscribers. Newslines are archived by year. Please note that information may be outdated and some of the hyperlinks no longer work.



April 2020
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 2020
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 12, 2020 DWC Announces Request for Information to Update EAMS
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 2020
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

January 2020
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 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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