Vol. 7, Issue 11

Find Solutions & Strategies                 March 14, 2016

Medical Provider Network
Disputing an MPN Physician's Release From Care 
In This Issue
A Note From the Editor
Workers' Compensation Index
disputing an mpn physician's release from care
When an employee disputes an MPN physician's release from care, is the employee entitled to choose to resolve the dispute with the treating physician's diagnosis or treatment by either obtaining a second opinion within the MPN or by selecting a panel qualified medical evaluator?

When an employee disputes an MPN physician's release from care, is the employee entitled to choose to resolve the dispute with the treating physician's diagnosis or treatment by either obtaining a second opinion within the MPN or by selecting a panel qualified medical evaluator? In Fernandez v. Kmart, 2016 Cal. Wrk. Comp. P.D. LEXIS 18, the WCAB, amending the WCJ's order, held that the 10/15/2014 progress report of the applicant's MPN treating physician Steve Dae Kim, D.O., purporting to find that the applicant required no further medical treatment and had no residual permanent disability, did not constitute a valid release from medical care for the applicant's 6/30/2014 industrial knee and wrist injuries and did not justify the defendant's refusal to authorize the applicant to utilize the second opinion process within the defendant's MPN pursuant to Labor Code � 4616.3...read more.
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*Herlick, Calif. Workers' Comp. Handbook (2016 Ed.)
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Cal Comp CasesVocational Expert Opinion Did Not Support 100 Percent Permanent Disability: Cal. Comp. Cases March Advanced Postings (3/9/2016). Lexis.com and Lexis Advance online subscribers can access the complete headnotes and summaries here.
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