Attorneys, Administration Dispute Cause of QME Process Woes

The regulators who control California's workers' compensation system and the attorneys who practice within it agree on one thing: The process for getting a qualified medical evaluator panel isn't working the way it's supposed to.But that's about as far as any meeting of minds goes. The California Division of Workers' Compensation said in a press release last week that up to 90% of the requests it received this calendar year have been rejected because attorneys don't know how to follow the rules, the agency claims. It's gotten to be so bad that the DWC is ho...