CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 78 No. 4 April 2013 A Report of En Banc and Significant Panel Decisions of the WCAB and Selected Court Opinions of Related Interest, With a Digest of WCAB Decisions Denied Judicial Review CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE... Read More

The 4th District Court of Appeal has issued a decision raised to it on a question on the “retroactive” application of the Independent Bill Review provisions of SB 863 and whether the legislature intended to remove from the W.C.A.B. jurisdiction... Read More

By Julius Young, Esq., Richard M. Jacobsmeyer, Esq., Barry D. Bloom, Co-Editors-in-Chief, Herlick, California Workers' Compensation Handbook This 2016 edition is the 35th edition of Herlick, California Workers’ Comp Handbook (hereinafter... Read More

Another WCAB panel finds that the extraordinary circumstances exception in the OMFS has died post-2004 In Garcia v. E Recycling of California, Zurich North America , 2015 Cal. Wrk. Comp. P.D. LEXIS –-, a WCAB panel rescinded the WCJ’s finding... Read More

In what appears to be a case of first impression, the WCAB panel in Jaime Torres Tavera v. T and P Farms, Zenith Insurance Company , 2015 Cal. Wrk. Comp. P.D. LEXIS --, reversed the WCJ’s finding and held instead that the extraordinary circumstances... Read More

A third WCAB panel finds that the extraordinary circumstances exception in the OMFS has died post-2004 In Murphy v. County of Fresno , 2015 Cal. Wrk. Comp. P.D. LEXIS --, the WCAB rescinded the WCJ’s finding that the lien claimant Cedar-Sinai... Read More

Lien claimant found not entitled to excess fees In Holder v. Troy Christian Adventure Limousine , 2015 Cal. Wrk. Comp. P.D. LEXIS --, the WCAB affirmed the WCJ’s finding that lien claimant David Payne, M.D., was not entitled to fees above those... Read More

A new California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI) study shows the percentage of medical services to injured workers delivered by network physicians jumped sharply immediately after Medical Provider Networks (MPNs) were introduced into the... Read More

OAKLAND, CA - The Division of Workers' Compensation has posted an order adjusting the durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies (DMEPOS) section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule to conform to changes in the Medicare payment... Read More

SACRAMENTO, CA - The Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC) announced its opposition to AB 2593 (Assemblyman Steve Bradford (D-Inglewood)), which ACIC believes would increase pharmacy costs and drive up costs for such services. Read more... Read More

Ramon Mendoza v. J. Buckbinder Industry, Inc., Insurance Company of the West Liens--Repackaged Pharmaceuticals--WCAB rescinded WCJ's finding that lien claimant California Pharmacy Management was entitled to partial reimbursement of its lien for... Read More