Two groundbreaking studies released by the Industrial Medical Council (IMC) reveal that in California, physician work and practice expenses for evaluation and management (E/M) services are higher for injured workers than for non-workers' compensation patients, the CA Department of Industrial Relations said yesterday.
Reasons cited include determining causation, managing disability, facilitating return to work and meeting the workers' compensation reporting requirements.
The IMC studies were undertaken following the administrative director's proposal to adopt a resource-based relative value...
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