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Latest News and Announcements from DIR

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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