======================== Kathleen Czarnecki, Applicant v. Golden Eagle Insurance Company, Permissibly Self Insured, Defendants. W. C. A. B. Nos. Defendant, Golden Eagle Insurance Company, seeks reconsideration of the Findings and Award, issued March 6, 1998, in which a workers' compensation referee (WCR), following an expedited hearing, ordered defendant to provide applicant, Kathleen Czarnecki, the medical treatment recommended by her treating physician, Dr. James McClurg. In a January 13, 1997 report, applicant's treating physician, Dr. McClurg, requested authorization from defendant to perform arthroscopic surgery on applicant's right shoulder. On March 25, 1997, applicant filed a request for an expedited hearing, citing defendant's failure to respond to Dr. McClurg's recommendation. On October 15, 1997, Dr. McClurg sought authorization to perform a second surgery, an open Mumford's procedure, on applicant's shoulder.
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