Smarterce.com is an educational site for the continuing education of QMEs and soon other professionals. As such, an effort has been made to stay away from the political side of Workers Compensation in California.
This Blog spot can open the discussion on the state of affairs in California Workers Compensation without compromising the ideals of the educational site.
Much of what is happening in Workers Compensation reforms has nothing to do with providing better care to the injured worker. Power plays, corporate and government corruption are becoming daily occurrence.
My pet peeve currently, is the reliance on the WCAB to penalize the fraud when the judges want nothing to do with it.
I have been in the QME system since the first group of QMEs. I thought I had a good grip of what was happening in the system. My eyes were opened wide when I started to appear at WCAB hearings.
There I saw:
$100,000 bills for strained backs.
Judge wad up file and throw at the attorney because they were on another judge's preprinted paperwork.
Injured workers crying because the insurance carrier, despite more than one order to provide care, had not.
Judge proudly proclaim, " I never have and never will issue sanctions".
I will add more to the list as we move on, believe me there is much more.
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