Legal Opinion
Ramirez v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, State Department of Health Care Services
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 29, 2017No. C078440PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BLEASE, Acting P. J.
In the last several years, the Legislature has reformed the workers’ compensation system to increase efficiency and reduce costs. Treatment recommendations from a worker’s physician were once subjected to a dispute resolution process that could be litigated before a workers’ compensation judge and ultimately appealed to the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (Board). In 2004 and 2012, the Legislature effected changes that resulted in taking decisions regarding the medical necessity of a treatment recommendation away from judges and the Board, and allowing such…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Stevens v. Workers' Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2015
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3Cited by6 opinions
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