Weinmann: SB 863 Benefits Employers, Harms Injured Workers

News Release 2016-73, Department of Industrial Relations (DIR), July 15, 2016, boasts that workers comp reforms have shown "benefits for injured workers, employers." This writer agrees that the work comp reforms mandated by Senate Bill 863 have brought about substantial benefits for employers. SB 863 is supposed to work by relying on "evidence-based medicine to guide treatment decisions." It is supposed to settle treatment disputes by allowing independent medical reviewers to rule on the correctness of decisions made by utilization review. David Lanier, Labor and ...