4th DCA Sets November Argument Date for Medical Billing Dispute

A Division 1 panel from the 4th District Court of Appeal will hear oral argument in November over the authority of the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board to decide medical-billing disputes after the passage of SB 863. The parties in CIGA v. WCAB (Elite Surgical Care Centers) are due in court at 9 a.m. on Nov. 12. SB 863 amended the Labor Code to create a new administrative independent medical bill-review process, effective Jan. 1, 2013.  Prior to the passage of SB 863, such disputes would be decided by workers' compensation judges.  Elite Surgical Centers and two other c...