DWC Posts ACOEM COVID-19 Guideline

The California Division of Workers’ Compensation on Wednesday announced plans to adopt the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine and MDGuidelines COVID-19 Clinical Practice Guideline. However, while the division said it plans to incorporate the ACOEM COVID-19 guideline into the Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule, the agency also said the evidence-based recommendations are still evolving and the guidelines are being updated frequently. “DWC will wait to adopt and incorporate ACOEM's COVID-19 Guideline into the MTUS until the frequency of updates slows...