DWC Issues Statement on Subbing Narrative Report for RFA Forms

The California Division of Workers' Compensation released a Newsline to clarify the use of request for authorization forms under new utilization review rules that took effect April 1. Rules the division said were adopted to streamline and standardize the medical treatment authorization process formally define a request for authorization as a written request for a specific course of treatment. "The regulations mandate that this request be set forth on the DWC Form RFA (as found in Section 9785.5) and completed by the treating physician," the division said in Newsline 2026-4...