CHSWC Says Doctors Clamor for Guidance

Apportionment Suffers from Lack of – Legal Interpretation

By: Workers' Comp Executive - The journal of record for the workers' comp community in California.

Physicians who write up complex reports on injury apportionment are seeking help on just how to do it, says C. L. Swezey, a legal consultant for the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation. But for treating physicians struggling in this area, guidance may have to wait until the courts rule on apportionment.It is a complicated set of issues. Among them are conclusive presumption and apportionment to causation. Resolution of these cost drivers will affect the ultimate c

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