Perhaps I should be tad less cryptic about the EMPEROR reference in the heading.
The reference is to a children's story where the Emperor is told the clothes are invisible to anyone who was either stupid or not fit for his position. Despite not seeing his own clothes, the Emperor parades himself naked rather than admit there is a problem.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emperor's_New_Clothes
The parallel that I am suggesting is the State government entities that are in control of Workers Compensation in California are well aware of the problems, but the official policy everything is fine.
Everything this is so fine that:
QMEs are leaving the system in droves
The injured worker many times find that the panel of three QMEs submitted to them no longer perform QMEs requiring a request for another panel.
As of this writing there are no new classes to train new QMEs
In some specialties, you can no longer form a panel of three QMEs
In some cases it can take over a year to get an AME report
It is hard for some accepted claim injured workers to find a doctor that will treat them.
Injured workers often have difficulty in finding legal representation if they had a prior injury, due to the new apportionment laws.
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