The absence of a mental health chapter in California’s workers’ comp medical treatment guidelines is sparking a new wave of concern that psychological care for injured workers is being inappropriately denied.
The California Division of Workers’ Compensation uses guidelines developed by the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine for its Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule, or MTUS, and a new mental health chapter is on the way.
Reed Group, which publishes the ACOEM guidelines, said on Friday that the chapter will be released in modules beginning i...
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