New Treatment Guidelines Take Effect Dec. 1

California’s medical treatment guidelines will get a long-awaited refresh next month when the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine’s guidelines are officially incorporated to replace recommendations that are, in some cases, 13 years old. Division of Workers’ Compensation Administrative Director George Parisotto on Wednesday signed an order incorporating 13 sections from the ACOEM guidelines into the Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule. The director’s order will make ACOEM’s recommendations presumptively correct on the issue...