Attorneys Say DWC Ratcheting Up Pressure on QMEs

The Division of Workers’ Compensation changed the process for reviewing renewal applications from qualified medical evaluators, but advocates for providers say the division has gone to such lengths as digging up old complaints and reinterpreting billing rules to “put the fear of God into QMEs.” Steve Cattolica, director of government relations for the California Society of Industrial Medicine and Surgery, said it appears that the division last year started on a different tack when reviewing the applications QMEs submit every other year for recertification. Some providers...