Finishing Home Health Care Regs

As we approach the year’s end, I’ll soon be publishing my annual list of the Top 10 Developments in California workers’ comp. But first, a bit more on home health care, a subject addressed by proposed new chronic pain treatment guidelines. On Dec. 19, the 15-day comment period on new chronic pain guidelines closed. It’s quite likely that the Division of Workers' Compensation will be acting quickly to finalize the guidelines. So a short recap is in order. Several weeks ago I wrote a post titled “A Disconnect: IHSS & The Comp System.” The po...