The California Division of Workers’ Compensation on Tuesday announced the launch of a portal that it said it will use to monitor the quality of medical-legal reports.
Earlier this year, the division adopted new rules governing the medical-legal process to address deficiencies pointed out in a 2019 report by the State Auditor.
The rules, which have been in effect since Feb. 26, reduced the number of education hours needed for chiropractors to quality as QMEs, to 25 from 44, to “remove an outdated barrier to physicians coming into the QME program.”
Additionally, the rul...
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