Databases, publications, reports and schedules

Topics:
Databases
Publications and print materials
Reports
Schedules

Databases

EAMS and legacy case number lookup tool
Electronic Reporting System for Doctor’s First Report of Injury
Independent Bill Review Decisions: Search Tool
Independent Medical Review Decisions: Search Tool
Online QME Form 106 Panel Request For injuries on or after 1/1/05, online only as of Oct. 1, 2015
Pharmacy fee schedule
Public information case search
Qualified medical evaluator
Searchable Database of Liens Dismissed per Labor Code §4903.05(c)(2)

Publications and print materials

A Guidebook for Injured Workers 6th edition
Benefit notice manual and sample benefit notices - version Jan 2016 Muestras De Notificaciones Acerca De Los Beneficios - versión Jan 2016
Division of Workers' Compensation/Workers' Compensation Appeals Board - Policy and Procedural Manual
Informational posters
Physician's Guide to Medical Practice in the California Workers' Compensation System
Preventing Psychiatric Injuries
Time of hire pamphlet text only version Un folleto para el nuevo empleado versión de sólo texto

Reports

Audit Unit annual reports
Audit Unit annual reports

Carve-out program
Carve-out program: A report on activities for the calendar years 2004 - 2011

Independent Medical Review/ Independent Bill Review
2018 Independent Bill Review (IBR) Report: Analysis of 2013-2017 Application Filings 2019 Independent Medical Review (IMR) Annual Report: Analysis of 2018 Data IMR Glossary of Terms

Medical care in workers' compensation
Drug Formulary Implementation Modeling the Economic Impact of a California Workers' Compensation Formulary - RAND 2017 Interim Status Report - April 2017 Implementing a Drug Formulary for California’s Workers' Compensation Program – RAND, August 2016 Interim Status Report - July 2016
Access to Medical Treatment in the California Workers' Compensation System, 2015 Access to Medical Treatment in the California Workers' Compensation System, 2014
Access, Quality, and Outcomes of Health Care in the California Workers' Compensation System, 2008
Ambulatory Surgical Services Provided Under California Workers' Compensation
Improving the quality of care for injured workers in California, focus group discussions A research report, published November 2001
Predesignation of personal physician report pursuant to Labor Code section 4600(d)(7)
Utilization review in California's workers' compensation system: A preliminary assessment A research brief, published July 2001
"What Do Injured Workers Think of Their Medical Care?" is a survey of patient satisfaction with medical care in the states' workers' compensation system. It contains questions on medical care, return to work, and functional outcomes following a work injury or illness. Those interested in using this survey should contact the DWC Managed Care Unit. You may download the technical report (1997) on the development of the survey, the actual questionnaire used and a May 2001 DWC research brief, What Do Injured Workers Think About Their Medical Care and Outcomes After Work Injury?

Physician fee schedule studies
The following studies and papers were sponsored by the Department of Industrial Relations. They provide background information relevant to adoption of a resource-based relative value scale for the physician fee schedule.
Adapting the RBRVS Methodology to the California Workers' Compensation Physician Fee Schedule - Dec. 2008 Adapting the RBRVS Methodology to the California Workers' Compensation Physician Fee Schedule: Supplemental report - March 2010
Adapting the RBRVS Methodology to the California Workers' Compensation Physician Fee Schedule - May 2008
Adopting medical fee schedules - summary - full text 2003
California Worker's Compensation RBRVS Study The Lewin Group; Oct. 8, 2002
RAND report: Implementing a Resource-Based Relative Value Scale Fee Schedule for Physician Services: An Assessment of Policy Options for the California Workers’ Compensation Program (RAND-Report_RR395.pdf) (August 2013) Revised RAND Working Paper: Implementing a RB-RVS Fee Schedule for Physician Services: An Assessment of Policy Options for the California Workers’ Compensation Program (WR- 993-1-DIR) (July 2013) RAND Working Paper: Implementing a RB-RVS Fee Schedule for Physician Services: An Assessment of Policy Options for the California Workers’ Compensation Program (WR- 993-DIR) (June 2013)
The Use of Resource-Based Relative Value Scales for Provider Reimbursement in State Workers' Compensation Programs UCLA Center for Health Policy Research; Sept. 1999 Detailed State Interviews Concerning Their Use of Relative Value Scales for Workers' Compensation: Appendix 1

Workers' compensation assessment notices
2019 - 2020 assessment notices

Fraud notices
Workers’ Compensation Fraud Warning Notice 2019

Workers' compensation ethics advisory committee reports
Workers' compensation ethics advisory committee, 2018 annual report Workers' compensation ethics advisory committee, 2017 annual report

Schedules

Home Health Services Fee Schedule
Home Health Care for California's Injured Workers – Options for Implementing a Fee Schedule
Medical treatment utilization schedule (MTUS)
Medical treatment utilization schedule (MTUS)
Official medical fee schedule (OMFS)
Official medical fee schedule (OMFS) 1999 to present
Permanent disability rating schedule (PDRS)
Permanent disability rating schedule - 2005 This schedule is effective for dates of injury on or after Jan. 1, 2005. This schedule will also be used to rate permanent disability in injuries that occurred before Jan. 1, 2005 when there has been either no comprehensive medical-legal report, or no report by a treating physician indicating the existence of permanent disability, or when the employer is not required to provide a notice to the injured worker under Labor Code section 4061. Permanent disability rating schedule - 1997 This schedule is effective for dates of injury on or after Apr. 1, 1997

July 2020