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Division of Workers' Compensation
The Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) monitors the administration of workers' compensation claims, and provides administrative and judicial services to assist in resolving disputes that arise in connection with claims for workers' compensation benefits.
DWC's mission is to minimize the adverse impact of work-related injuries on California employees and employers.Information just for you...
- Injured Worker
- Employer
- Claims Administrator
- Attorney
- Self-Insured Employer
- Medical Provider
- Young Workers
Workers' compensation programs and units
- Audit & Enforcement Unit
- Claims Adjudication Unit
- Disability Evaluation Unit
- Electronic Adjudication Management System (EAMS)
- Information & Assistance Unit
- Medical Unit
- Research Unit
- Retraining and Return to Work Unit
- Special Funds Unit
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December 2008
- Division of Workers’ Compensation closing EAMS forms testing lab
- Division of Workers’ Compensation administrative director announces 2009 profile audit review and full compliance audit performance standards
- Division of Workers’ Compensation accepting applications for EAMS electronic filing trial
- Adjustment of official medical fee schedule (OMFS) to conform to changes in Medicare payment system are posted on the DWC Web site
- Mileage rate for medical and medical-legal travel expenses will decrease Jan. 1, 2009
- Ambulance fee schedule update to conform to Medicare inflation adjustment is posted on DWC Web site
- New Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board rules of practice and procedure became effective Nov. 17, 2008
- Division of Workers' Compensation posts proposed amended HCO regulations to online forum for public comment
- Adjustments to the DMEPOS section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule to conform to changes in the Medicare payment system are posted on the DWC Web site
- Ambulance fee schedule adopts increases of Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008
- Division of Workers’ Compensation training sessions on filing optical character recognition (OCR) paper forms and documents in EAMS are filling up