Better ID of Suspended Providers, Process to Report Bad Actors Sought at Hearing

OAKLAND, Calif. — A sparsely attended hearing on proposed permanent rules to suspend providers from California’s workers’ compensation system yielded a request for better ways to identify those no longer allowed to treat injured workers, a call for guidance on the retroactive effect of the suspension on outstanding bills, and a suggestion to create a process for system users to report suspected bad actors for investigation. The Division of Workers’ Compensation is proposing to make permanent the emergency rules it has been using since the start of the year to ...