DWC Proposes Rules to Expedite UR Decisions

The California Division of Workers’ Compensation on Friday introduced rules to speed up the delivery of medical care by implementing provisions from bills passed nearly a decade ago exempting certain procedures or treatments from utilization review. Rules that the division proposed would implement statutory accreditation requirements for firms providing utilization review and would detail how the DWC will regulate these entities. But the main thrust of the regulations is to implement provisions from Senate Bill 1160 and Assembly Bill 1124 that aim to expedite treatment of injured worker...