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Hospital Worker Presumption Amended to ID Covered Cancers
01/27/2022
amended Senate Bill 213 to add language that would create presumptive coverage for liver kidney cancer ovarian breast nasopharyngeal and thyroid cancer. Cortese also added proposed coverage for multiple myeloma cancers of the brain and nervous system human papillomavirus-positive tonsillar cancer
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Bill Would Allow DA Meetings With Carriers, Self-Insureds to Address 'Rampant' Comp Fraud
01/26/2022
prosecutors in an effort to fight fraud according to AB 1681 by Assemblyman Tom Daly D-Anaheim. However neither commissioner who has served since lawmakers authorized these briefings in 2010 convened such a meeting according to the bill Daly introduced Monday.
Also self-insured employers and public
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Appropriations Committee Passes MPN ID Bill
01/24/2022
The California Assembly Appropriations Committee unanimously approved a bill that would require employers to provide information about their medical network to injured workers in certain circumstances which is projected to have negligible costs for the Division of Workers Compensation.
The
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Retired Police Officer Convicted of Premium Fraud
01/19/2022
during a crash while driving an Atlas security vehicle the District Attorneys Office said in a statement. Robert Foster responded to the guards 1 million medical bill by telling the insurance company that the guard was not an Atlas employee. Investigators found records showing that the guard was
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URAC Webinar to Cover UR Accreditation Requirements
01/19/2022
URAC is holding a free webinar in February covering the accreditation process mandated for all carriers third-party administrators and self-insured employers conducting utilization review.
Senate Bill 1160 required all utilization review entities modifying or denying treatment requests to
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Committee Unanimously Recommends Confirmation of WCAB Chair Zalewski
01/13/2022
COVID-19 as well as employee misclassification Assembly Bill 5 and Proposition 22.
Zalewski said commissioners havent seen any COVID-19 cases on the merits likely the result of presumptions put in place first through executive order and subsequently codified by lawmakers that likely reduced
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Committee Passes MPN Identification Bill
01/12/2022
The California Assembly Insurance Committee on Tuesday passed a bill that would create a requirement for employers to provide injured workers with information about their medical provider network.
Committee members did not hear testimony or vote on the only other bill on the agenda that
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Governor Proposes $1.5M Hike in SIBTF Funding
01/11/2022
employers in December.
The governors budget proposal will be revised in May based on the latest economic forecasts. Lawmakers have until June 15 to pass a budget bill.
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Senate Approves Comp Requirement for Contractors
01/10/2022
The California Senate approved a bill that would expand license classifications required to file a certificate of workers compensation insurance with the Contractors State License Board.
The Senate on Thursday voted 28-12 to pass Senate Bill 216 by Sen. Bill Dodd D-Napa a measure that was
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Lawmakers Resurrect Single-Payer Proposal
01/10/2022
California lawmakers resurrected a bill that would create a single-payer health care program for state residents that would defer to an advisory panel the question about how to handle occupational injuries.
Assembly Bill 1400 by Assemblyman Ash Kalra D-San Jose on Thursday was referred to
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