QME Emergency Telehealth Regulations in Effect

The California Division of Workers’ Compensation announced that emergency regulations allowing telehealth for medical-legal evaluations went into effect earlier this week and will expire July 19. The division said it can seek two 90-day extensions of the rule when they expire. “The emergency regulation will help reduce physician and injured workers’ exposure to the COVID-19 virus, reduce the use of personal protective equipment and allow injured workers and physicians flexibility in evaluation site locations, which will help injured workers and employers continue to move th...