MPN Rules Would Add Penalties, Tighten Provider Requirements

The California Division of Workers' Compensation on Friday proposed revised medical provider network rules that would add penalties for specified violations, strengthen requirements for documenting physician participation and give regulators additional grounds to suspend or revoke networks. MPNs could face a new $1,000 administrative penalty each time a workers' compensation judge or the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board finds that authorization for treatment was unreasonably delayed because of a network error. The division is also proposing a $500 penalty for failure to provid...