MTUS Update Would Require Docs to Provide Research when Rebutting State Guidelines

A proposed revision to California's Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule would require doctors seeking to deviate from the schedule’s recommendations to provide research to back up their requests. The addition is part of the Division of Workers’ Compensation’s proposed update to the MTUS, its first revision since 2009. When doctors request treatment for a worker that deviates from the schedule’s recommendations, the new provision would require that physician to attach with the request “a copy of the entire study or the relevant sections of the guideline con...