New Panel Decision Clarifies Employers' Burden on MPN Disputes

A California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board issued a panel decision earlier this month that clarifies how employers may use judicial notice to show that they have a properly established and given employees notice of their medical provider networks, according to the defense attorney on the case.The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board's Jan. 12 panel decision in the case of Breanna Clifton v. Sears Holding Corp. shed additional light upon prior case law on MPNs. During the past six years, applicants' attorneys and payers have battled over when an applicant can avoid being tr...