11/14/2003
reform bills signed by Governor Davis at the end of September.
Many of the changes mandated by these bills take effect January 1 2004 so CWCI produced and distributed these materials to nearly 1200 attendees at its recent seminar "SB 228 & AB 227 New Directions For California Workers' Comp in 2004
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11/13/2003
"Research Reports" in the MemberSubscriber section of the CWCI website.
Source CWCI
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10/27/2003
posting notice violation.
CWCI consulted with the Division of Workers' Compensation to develop appropriate language for its new hire pamphlet "Facts About Workers' Compensation" and its posting notice "If A Work Injury Occurs." The new laws led to several revisions including new information on the
Category: News
09/30/2003
the seminar from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday November 4 at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco; Friday November 7 at the Irvine Marriott; and Monday November 10 at the Warner Center Marriott in Woodland Hills. The cost including all course materials and a luncheon is 295 for CWCI nonmembers 195
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09/19/2003
billion workers' compensation insurance
system that serves some 13 million employees and half a million employers.
The study by the Oakland-based California Workers' Compensation Institute
CWCI shows that the Alliance continues to provide better control for
businesses over the total cost of
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09/02/2003
Please update your records
Effective immediately the California Workers' Compensation Institute CWCI has a new telephone number and a new fax number. Both are noted below.
For the next several weeks callers using the old Institute numbers will receive forwarding information. All other
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08/30/2003
establish a RUC." Rather the panel given the limited time available decided to review the information that was available through research already conducted by the CWCI WCRI The Lewin Group and others. They came to an agreement that a fee schedule based on Medicare was inadequate and that a model based
Category: Industry Insights
08/19/2003
The California Workers' Compensation Institute CWCI announced this week that it has published an updated compendium of general facts information and updated graphics about California workers' compensation which is posted on the Institute's web site www.cwci.org.
Internet users can access the
Category: News
03/15/2003
number 127 and 8 above are new items to be included. The remainder are holdovers from the prior statute.
The Administrative Director has already reported that these materials will not be out for several months. The California Workers' Compensation Institute CWCI has prepared and has
Category: Industry Insights
07/21/2002
with copies of ALL medical and VR reports. CWCI has recommended changing the language to relevant medical reports. QRR's need copies of the initial evaluation reports these often contain useful histories and P&S medical reports for each physician but they rarely need status reports unless the
Category: Industry Insights