The California Division of Workers' Compensation, concerned that doctors are being dragged into occupational medicine by contractual obligations with Medical Provider Networks, is proposing rules that would require employers and insurers that use the MPNs to verify that the doctors in the networks actually agreed to treat injured workers.
Proposed changes to Section 9767.3 (d) (8) (C) posted Friday by the DWC would require the employer or carrier who submits an application for an MPN to state that a contractual relationship exists between the MPN and physicians or medical group practices th...
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