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Stakeholders Split on Utility of Longer QME Report-Writing Course, In-Person Lectures

05/18/2021
compensation system she said. In order for a physician to become familiar with the requirements that will enable them to perform adequate evaluations and create reports that provide the basis for impairment ratings and disability compensation more training must be required. State Auditor Elaine Howle

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Observers Say Proposed QME Rule Changes Could Improve Med-Legal Report Quality

05/04/2021
the past year. In November 2019 State Auditor Elaine Howle issued a report criticizing the Department of Industrial Relations for failing to ensure that Californias workers comp system was stocked with enough qualified QMEs and that evaluators were filing quality reports. The auditors

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DIR Has Met Most Recommendations From 2019 Audits on QMEs, Hiring Practices

12/23/2020
Elaine Howle In November 2019 State Auditor Elaine Howle issued a report stating the DIR failed to ensure that Californias workers compensation system had enough qualified medical evaluators and that QMEs were filing quality med-legal reports. Earlier that year Howle issued a separate report

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DWC Director Says Division Has Satisfied Recommendations From 2019 QME Audit

12/07/2020
meeting Thursday. In November 2019 State Auditor Elaine M. Howle released a report titled Department of Industrial Relations Its Failure to Adequately Administer the Qualified Medical Evaluator Process May Delay Injured Workers Access to Benefits. The report included seven recommendations for

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DWC: Recommendations From 2019 Audit on QMEs Delayed

05/28/2020
especially one who will respect the rule of law and work conscientiously with the Department of Industrial Relations and other stakeholders to carry out its mandated statutory duties. In November State Auditor Elaine M. Howle released a report titled Department of Industrial Relations Its Failure to

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Amended Bill Would Require Biennial Updates to MLFS

01/27/2020
measures carried over from last year meaning the bill is likely dead unless Salas and Reyes get permission to continue pursuing the measure. California State Auditor Elaine Howle in November recommended that the Legislature increase the med-legal fee schedule as part of an effort to get more providers

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DWC Director Says Auditor's Recommendations Aren't Guaranteed to Fix QME Process

01/10/2020
thought about. There are lots of options out there. State Auditor Elaine Howle in November published a report alleging the DWC has not adequately ensured it has enough QMEs to keep up with demand for medical-legal services. Without an adequate number of QMEs injured workers can experience unnecessary

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Oversight Hearing Scheduled on QME Audit

12/20/2019
The California Legislatures Joint Legislative Audit Committee will hold an oversight hearing Jan. 7 to discuss a recent review of the qualified medical evaluator process. State Auditor Elaine Howle in November published the results of her offices review of the medical-legal system that found

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Stakeholders Urge DWC to Take Time to Address QME Issues, Revise MLFS

12/17/2019
language around those ideas work for everybody involved. Most recently the stakeholder group met Dec. 6 to discuss ways to improve the quality of QME reports a shortcoming State Auditor Elaine Howle mentioned in the public letter of her recent audit on the med-legal system. DWC has not ensured

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DWC Planning Med-Legal Fee Schedule Hearing for Early 2020

11/22/2019
improve the quality of medical reports eliminate complexity factors and increase fees for medical-legal testimony the division said. California Auditor Elaine Howle on Tuesday released a report critical of the divisions efforts to administer the medical-legal system. Howle recommended that the

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