CSIMS Backs Review of ACOEM's Retroactivity

The California Society of Industrial Medicine and Surgery became the third organization to file an amicus letter with the Supreme Court over the broad application of new treatment guidelines to medical providers' old bills. The medical and surgical society urged the justices to review or depublish the decision in Sierra Pacific Industries v. WCAB (Chatham) arguing that the 3rd District Court of Appeal's decision is at odds with the state constitution. At issue is the retrospective application of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) treatment guidelin...