DWC Proposes Amendments to QME Rules

The California Division of Workers’ Compensation posted to its online forum proposed changes to its qualified medical evaluator regulations. Proposed changes would extend the time frame to schedule a medical-legal evaluation by 30 days for both initial and subsequent evaluations. The rules would allow parties to agree to allow a qualified medical evaluator or agreed medical evaluator to reschedule an evaluation more than 60 days after the date of cancellation. Other changes would provide a definition of remote health evaluations and identification of office location when a remote heal...