Claims Adjusters Need Diligence to Avoid Costs Under New MLFS, Defense Attorneys Say

Two months after the Division of Workers’ Compensation adopted an updated Medical-Legal Fee Schedule, California claims adjusters and defense firms will need to stay diligent if they want to avoid racking up new fees, an attorney panel said this week. “You might want to start paying attention to it, given the recent changes,” said Joshua Goldsmith, partner at Southern California comp defense firm Siegel, Moreno & Stettler. “They've gotten rid of the complexity factors, and they've made a couple of aggressive changes in the terms of how records are reviewed ...