Expanded Referral Prohibition Targets Bad Actors

By Greg Jones, Western Bureau ChiefReferring injured workers for non-medical services in exchange for cash or other financial incentives isn’t illegal in California yet, but it will be starting Jan. 1.Physicians are already prohibited from referring their patients for services when they have a financial interest in the entity providing that service. A new Labor Code section included in Senate Bill 863 expands on that by expressly prohibiting injured workers, employers, insurance carriers, claims administrators and attorneys from referring another person for services if they receive some ...