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Young: Good and Bad Ideas
06/03/2021
electronic documents. They should not dictate the policy.
The California Workers’ Compensation Institute CWCI recommends that QME first-time applicants be granted a two-year provisional status. During those two years the Medical Unit would review every report for content and
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CWCI : Direct Written Premium Down 11.4% in 2020
06/01/2021
Total direct written premium fell by 11.4 in 2020 to an eight-year low of 10.11 billion according to a bulletin from the California Workers Compensation Institute.
CWCI on Thursday reported that all but two of the largest 25 insurer groups in California collected less premium in 2020 than
Category: News
CWCI Warns of Unintended Consequences With SB 335
05/07/2021
measurable impacts on health outcomes for injured workers the sponsors said.
CWCI however said the bill might not expedite treatment decisions and could lead to more claims being denied at least provisionally.
Decreasing the investigation period to 45 days would actually reduce access to medical
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Supporters of Statewide Network Proposal Hope Study Plan Doesn't Stop Push for Improvements
04/29/2021
bills opponents said the CWCI study shows how expensive and unnecessary a state-run MPN would be while supporters questioned the reports methodology and findings.
Rosenberg from IPM Medical Group said a study like the one requested in the amended bill would be great but he questioned whether
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Rosenberg: Fixing MPN System a Humanitarian Issue
04/23/2021
The CWCI made waves earlier this week when it published a painfully lackluster report concluding that AB1465 would result in higher costs. The analysis contained several flaws including ignoring its own agency's prior conclusions on the subject cited above.
Briefly here
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Employer Groups, Injured Worker Reps Spar Over Statewide MPN Proposal
04/20/2021
curated MPNs is efficient with 99 of claims already meeting Californias access standards.
He also said CAJPA was not surprised by the findings of the CWCI study which said a statewide MPN could cost more than 300 million annually.
CWCI researchers also said there is no evidence that AB 1465
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CWCI : AB 1465 Would Increase Costs, Unlikely to Improve Access
04/16/2021
year.
Assemblywoman Eloise Reyes
At the same time CWCI said there is no evidence that the bill would improve access to care.
AB 1465 by Assemblywomen Eloise Reyes D-San Bernardino and Lorena Gonzalez D-San Diego would create the California Medical Provider Network or CAMPN. Injured
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CWCI Examines Medical Dispute Resolution Trends, Outcomes
04/05/2021
prescription drugs.
CWCI said its latest study found that the number of IMR determination letters increased from 143983 in 2014 to a record of 184735 in 2018. But volume declined by 26 over the next two years dropping to 163899 letters in 2019 and 136746 in 2020.
The decline coincided with the
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Sept. 1 Rate Filing Won't Include COVID-19 Provision, WCIRB Officials Predict
03/17/2021
probably twice as many claims Bellusci said.
The WCIRBs projections are consistent with data the California Workers Compensation Institute provides through an interactive app on its website.
Employers reported 75711 accepted claims for COVID-19 in 2020 according to the CWCI data. Insured
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CWCI : Many Workers With Non-COVID Claims Got Faster Treatment Than Before Pandemic
03/15/2021
was there a change in opioids use in injured workers
In analyzing COVID-19 and non-virus claims information which the CWCI announced during its annual conference Thursday researchers compared data from March 2020 to October 2020 with a pre-pandemic baseline using the same date range from the
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