Observers Say Proposed QME Rule Changes Could Improve Med-Legal Report Quality

The California Division of Workers’ Compensation’s proposed amendments to its qualified medical evaluator regulations could improve the quality of medical-legal reports systemwide, stakeholders said Monday. The DWC last week proposed changes that would increase the duration of a mandatory disability evaluation report-writing course by four hours to make room for sessions on anti-bias training and case law review. The proposal would require part of the QME training to be conducted in person and would mandate that evaluators declare under penalty of perjury that they did not discri...