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Institute Analyzes Impact of California Medical Provider Network Option for Workers April 16, 2021
Legislation intended to increase injured California workers’ access to medical care by requiring the state to create a medical provider network as an alternative to private networks that render 90% of California workers’ compensation treatment would significantly increase medical costs and require millions of dollars in ongoing administrative and infrastructure expense, a California Workers’ Compensation Institute analysis finds.
Assembly Bill 1465 would require the administrative director of the state’s workers’ compensation system to establish a statewide medical provider network, called the California Medical Provider Network, and give employees the choice to treat within their employer’s MPN or the CAMPN.
Industry Leaders Oppose Statewide MPN for WC Treatment workerscompensation.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from workerscompensation.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Senator John Laird.
–Senator John Laird (D-Santa Cruz) released the following statement in response to the state auditor’s report on the California Employment Development Department’s failure to address what the senator calls, “decade-old deficiencies.”
The senator’s statement reads as follows:
“Good morning and thank you for the opportunity to address the joint hearing of the Joint Legislative Audit Committee and the Assembly Committee on Insurance.
I was briefed by the State Auditor on both pieces of this audit. The audits that we have before us on the performance of California’s Employment Development Department are simply damning – there’s no other way to describe it. Unemployment insurance is a primary lifeline government can throw to people when life comes down on them hard. It’s the difference between eating and starving.