Proposed Formulary Gets Mixed Reviews in Initial Comment Period

Draft rules to implement a worker’s compensation formulary in California drew mixed reviews from providers and others who submitted comments before Friday’s deadline. Some of the comments sent to the Division of Workers’ Compensation amounted to little more than an suggestion to stick with the proposal that’s based on the formulary developed by the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, or to drop it in favor of the formulary developed by Work Loss Data Institute. But a number of commenters said nothing about which set of guidelines is best and i...