04/20/2018
a February decision said the DWC probably erred in relying on underground regulations in denying requests for reappointment from Drs. Timothy Howard and Benjamin Simon.
QMEs must identify four complexity factors that take into account the issues a provider was asked to assess and the amount of
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02/07/2018
rule-making he also said that only the Workers Compensation Appeals Board has jurisdiction to resolve that dispute.
Nicholas Roxborough a partner with Roxborough Pomerance Nye and Adreani in Los Angeles said his clients Drs. Timothy Howard and Benjamin Simon prevailed even if the factual
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01/10/2018
hearings they have been promised have hardly been swift Roxborough said.
One of Roxboroughs clients Dr. Timothy Howard was promised a hearing 333 days after his application was denied. Another client Dr. Benjamin Simon was promised a hearing 242 days after denial Roxborough said.
Simon wrote
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12/28/2017
. Timothy Howard and Benjamin Simon. A third plaintiff chiropractor Meera Jani agreed to a settlement with the DWC in October. The judge granted permission to the plaintiffs to amend their complaint and try to persuade him that he can rule on the underground rule-making allegation.
Plaintiffs in both
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12/14/2017
Chalfants comments West told him earlier this week that his clients will essentially have to wait up to nine months from the time they were suspended before any hearings are scheduled.
Roxborough said West told him he cant schedule a hearing for at least three months for Dr. Timothy Howard an
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12/08/2017
regulations.
Drs. Timothy Howard and Benjamin Simon and chiropractor Meera Jani in September filed a petition for an injunction asking the court to order that they be reinstated as QMEs. The providers allege the DWC changed its interpretation of billing rules without going through the formal rule-making
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11/17/2017
September is that the Division of Workers Compensation sometime in 2016 adopted a new interpretation of the complexity factors that are used to determine whether a provider is entitled to a flat-fee payment under billing code ML 103 or the hourly payment under billing code ML 104.
Drs. Timothy Howard
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10/25/2017
Monterroza said the agency cant comment on the pending litigation.
Drs. Timothy Howard and Benjamin Simon and chiropractor Meera Jani claim the division denied their requests to be recertified as QMEs this summer based on allegations that they didnt satisfy the requirements to bills for comprehensive
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09/28/2017
their QME certification but was met with utter silence or rejection. As a result he said it was necessary to file the complaint in Los Angeles.
Dr. Timothy Howard an orthopedist in Danville says in the complaint that he had been certified as a QME since 2005 but his renewal was denied in June
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02/28/2006
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Law Offices of Juan J. Dominguez
Patrick Martin Duffy
Goodchild & Duffy
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Howard Andrew Emmer Emmer & Snowden
Gyles Ronald Feenberg Rose
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