DWC Suspends 261 Providers in 2022

Perhaps making up for time lost to the pandemic, the California Division of Workers’ Compensation last year suspended more providers who were convicted of fraud than in any year since 2017. The DWC suspended 261 providers in 2022, according to information on its website — more than five times the total suspensions during the height of the pandemic. The division suspended five providers in 2021 and 42 in 2020. California lawmakers in 2016 passed AB 1244, which included a provision requiring the DWC to suspend providers convicted of fraud or related crimes, who have lost their...