Workers’ Compensation
Ca. Workers' Comp. Quarterly 2020, Vol. 33, No. 4
Content
- Covid-19 Flowcharts: Sb 1159 Presumptions
- Cumulative Index
- In This Issue
- Proposition 22 Changed the Law, but Challenges Are Pending
- The Goa Decision and Due Process: "the process that is due under the circumstances"
- Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
- Wcab Rules of Practice and Procedure
- Workers' Compensation Section 2020-2021 Executive Committee Roster
- To Litigate or Not: Panel Qme Disputes
To Litigate or Not: Panel QME Disputes
Adam Dombchik, Esq. Los Angeles, California Yvonne Lang, Esq. Oxnard, California
Have you been wondering what types of disputes related to QMEs come up these days at the district-office level of the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB)?
The procedure for obtaining a valid QME panel is not litigated very much anymore. The issues that come up most often at present include specialty disputes, additional panel disputes, timeliness disputes, and, with the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, the issue of medical-legal telehealth evaluations versus delaying discovery. It is Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations that primarily guides these disputes.