DWC Schedules Hearing on Proposed Changes to WCIS, EDI Rules

The California Division of Workers' Compensation is holding a public hearing in March to hear testimony on proposed changes to its Workers' Compensation Information System regulations and the Electronic Data Interchange implementation guides. The division is proposing to correct what is described in a statement as minor reporting inefficiencies in the Guide for First and Subsequent Reports of Injury. Other proposed changes are intended to improve the security of files being transmitted to the DWC, a new file naming convention and an enhanced claim validation process. The guide has no...