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 Please note that information may be outdated and some of the hyperlinks no longer work.



May 2022
May 17, 2022 DWC Announces Appointment to Ethics Advisory Committee

April 2022
April 13, 2022 DWC Posts Additional Adjustment to Official Medical Fee Schedule for Pathology and Clinical Laboratory)
April 13, 2022 DWC Adopts Regulation 36.7 Electronic Service of Medical-Legal Reports by Medical Evaluators
April 7, 2022 DWC Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Hospital Outpatient Departments/Ambulatory Surgical Centers)
April 4, 2022 DWC Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee Meeting Scheduled for April 20 in Oakland
April 4, 2022 DWC Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule for Pathology and Clinical Laboratory

March 2022
March 24, 2022 DWC Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Physician Services / Non-Physician Practitioner Services)
March 22, 2022 DWC Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (DMEPOS)
March 9, 2022 DWC Announces Return to In-Person Hearings on March 21

February 2022
February 28, 2022 DWC Issues Notice of 15 Day Public Comment Period for QME Electronic Service Regulation Section 36.7
February 18, 2022 DWC Issues Notice of Expiration of Regulation Section 36.7
February 17, 2022 DWC Posts Additional Adjustment to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Physician Services / Non-Physician Practitioner Services)
February 16, 2022 DWC Posts Additional Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Hospital Outpatient Departments/Ambulatory Surgical Centers)
February 14, 2022 DWC Posts Reminder for Submission of Annual Report of Inventory for Claims Reported During Calendar Year 2021
February 10, 2022 DWC Posts Fee Schedule Adjustments for Hospital Outpatient Departments / Ambulatory Surgical Centers
February 9, 2022 DWC Posts Proposed Amendments to the Qualified Medical Evaluator Regulations to Online Forum for Public Comment
February 7, 2022 DWC Opens Registration for 29th Annual Educational Conference

January 2022
January 26, 2022 DWC Issues Notice of 2nd Public Hearing to Amend Copy Service Fee Schedule
January 19, 2022 DWC Proposed QME Emergency Regulation in Response to Continued COVID-19 Pandemic is in Effect
January 13, 2022 DWC Posts Additional Adjustment to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Physician Services / Non-Physician Practitioner Services)
January 11, 2022 DWC Announces Return to Virtual Hearings
January 7, 2022 DWC Accepting Applications for Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME) Examination on April 16-23
January 6, 2022 DWC Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee Meeting Scheduled for January 19
January 3, 2022 WCAB’s Final Rules in Effect as of January 1

 

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