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Recommendations for the Return-to-Work Program Established in Labor Code Section 139.48 
Report on the California Return-to-Work Program Established in Labor Code 139.48
Revised Claims Adjuster and Bill Reviewer Training and Certification by Insurers Report version 
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Summary of January 9, 2009 First Aid Cases Advisory Group Meeting version version
Summary of December 9, 2008 Return-to-Work/FEHA/ADA Advisory Group Meeting version version
Inpatient Hospital Services: An Update on Services Provided Under California’s Workers’ Compensation Program Report, RAND version - Summary version
Summary of June 27, 2008 Schools Injury and Illness Prevention Program Roundtable version version
Summary of July 16, 2008 Workplace Wellness Roundtable
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Selected indicators in workers' compensation: A report card for Californians, December 2008 version version
Summary of Occupational and Non-Occupational Integrated Care Roundtables, December 2008 
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WOSHTEP - 2008 Advisory Board annual report version 
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Occupational Safety and Health for Public Safety Employees
Integrating Group Health and Workers’ Compensation Medical Care Factsheet, 2008
Analysis of proposed WCIRB 2009 Pure Premium Rates, September 23, 2008 version
Reporting Workers’ Compensation Injuries in California: How Many are Missed? August 2008 version
Quality Management and Job Quality: How the ISO 9001 Standard for Quality Management Systems Affects Employees and Employers, August 18, 2008 version
Heat Hazards in Agriculture, A Guide For Employers To Carry Out Tailgate Training for Workers English version - Spanish version
Research Colloquium on Workers' Compensation Medical Benefit Delivery and Return to Work, RAND version
Workers' Compensation in California and in the Nation: Benefit and Employer Cost Trends, 1989-2005 version
Memorandum to Christine Baker: Impact of relaxing restrictions on eligibility for temporary disability payments beyond the current 2 years from commencement of benefit payment, January 26, 2007 version version
Research Agenda for Improving Workplace Health and Safety in California, February 2008 version
Background Report on California Occupational Safety and Health Programs, February 2008 version
2007 Annual Report version version
Selected indicators in workers' compensation: A report card for Californians, December 2007 version
WOSHTEP - 2007 Advisory Board annual report version
Medical Care Provided California's Injured Workers: An Overview of the Issues, RAND, September 2007 version
Understanding the Effect of SB 899 (Stats 2004, Chap 34) on the Law of Apportionment, April 2007 version
Memorandum to Christine Baker, Executive Officer of CHSWC regarding "Analysis of ratings under the new PD schedule, through June 2007", August 23, 2007 version version
Fraud in Workers' Compensation Payroll Reporting: How Much Employer Fraud Exists? What is the Impact on Honest Employers?, August 2007 version version
Split Class Codes: Evidence of Fraudulent Payroll Reporting, August 2007 version version
Pay-for-Performance in California's Workers' Compensation Medical Treatment System, RAND, August 2007 version
Return-to-Work Roundtable, Summary of November 17, 2006, CHSWC, April 27, 2007 version version
Uninsured Employers Benefits Trust Fund, Background Paper, CHSWC, April 27, 2007 version Version
24-Hour Care Roundtable, Summary of December 7, 2006, CHSWC, April 27, 2007 version version
Report and Recommendations on the Spinal Surgery Second-Opinion Process, CHSWC, April 27, 2007 version version
Draft study of the California workers' compensation insurance market study, Hays, September 2003 version version
Memorandum to Christine Baker, Executive Officer of CHSWC regarding "Analysis of ratings under the new PD schedule, through January 2007", February 23, 2007 version version
Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation - 2006 annual report, December 2006 version version
"Workers' Compensation in California: A Guidebook for Injured Workers," November 2006 Edition version
Selected indicators in workers' compensation: A report card for Californians, December 2006 version version
New factsheets on workers' compensation medical care "The Basics About Medical Care For Injured Workers" version and medical booklet "Getting Appropriate Medical Care For Your Injury" version
A report on the "Forum on catastrophe preparedness: Partnering to protect workplaces," held on April 7, 2006 version version
Impact of physician-dispensing of repackaged drugs on California workers' compensation, employers cost, and workers' access to quality care, July 2006 version version
Barriers to occupational health services for low-wage workers in California, April 2006 version version
How to create a workers' compensation carve-out in California: Practical advice for unions and employers, 2006 version
Evaluating medical treatment guideline sets for injured workers in California, RAND, April 2006 - full report version summary version
Updated and revised CHSWC recommendations to DWC on workers' compensation medical treatment guidelines version version
AB 1987 and return-to-work incentives and alternatives, April 2006 version version
A report on Health Care Organizations (HCOs) in workers' compensation, April 2006 version version
CHSWC background paper on the impact of terrorism and California workers' compensation, April 2006 version version
Issue paper on tax status of Self-Insured Groups (SIGs), April 2006 version
CHSWC report: Permanent disability schedule analysis, February 23, 2006 version
Workers' compensation compliance and proof of coverage, February 2006 version version
CHSWC 2005 annual report version version
WOSHTEP - 2005 Advisory Board annual report version version
Report: Selected indicators in workers' compensation: A report card for Californians, December 2005 version version
Paper: Payment for hardware Used in complex spinal procedures under California's Official Medical Fee Schedule for injured Workers, RAND, 2005 version
Understanding the effect of SB 899 (Stats 2004, Chap 34) on the law of apportionment version version
Report: An evaluation of California's permanent disability rating system, RAND, 2005 - full report version summary version
Paper: Paying for repackaged drugs under the California Workers' Compensation Official Medical Fee Schedule, May 2005 version
Paper: Payments for burn patients under California's Official Medical Fee Schedule for injured workers, May 2005 version
CHSWC issue paper on public access to WC insurance coverage information, April 2005 version version
United States Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation market in California, April 2005 version version
Workers' Compensation in California: A guidebook for injured workers, February 2005
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Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation - 2004 annual report, December 2004 version version
Report: Assessment of 24-hour care options for California, 2004 version
CHSWC recommendation: CHSWC recommendations to DWC on Workers' Compensation medical treatment guidelines version version
Workers' Occupational Safety and Health Training and Education Program (WOSHTEP), November 2004 version version
Adopting medicare fee schedules - full text version - summary version
Summary of workers' compensation reform legislation - SB 899 version version
Section-by-section review of SB 899 version version
Important changes that affect a guidebook for injured workers, May 2004
CHSWC white paper on Cost/Benefit of Implementing Electronic Deposit for unemployment and disability benefits in the State of California, July 2004 version version
Carve-out a guidebook for unions and employers in workers' compensation, April 2004 verseion version
Background Paper on Causation and Apportionment, May 2004 version version
Judicial Study - Improving "The Courts": Candidate Recommendations for the Adjudication of Claims Before the California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (2003), full report version - summary version
Evaluation of California's Permanent Disability Rating Schedule: Interim Report version - December 2003
Reforms of 2003, October 2003 AB 227 version version and SB 228 version version
Multilingual Health & Safety Resources a Guide to Worker Training Materials on the web
Workers' Compensation medical care in California fact sheets
CHSWC Annual report 2002 - 2003 version - December 2003 - Errata version January 28, 2004 - Errata version March 1, 2004
Outline: Estimating the range of savings from introduction of guidelines including ACOEM (revised) version version - October 2003
Twenty-Four Hour Care version version - October 2003
Workplace health and safety worker training materials: An Electronic MultiLingual Resource List - version version
Memorandum - Update on Labor Code Section 132a and Employer Termination of Health Insurance Coverage: California Supreme Court Decision in State of California Dept. of Rehabilitation v. WCAB (Lauher) version version
Recommendations for improvement of the IMC's of injured workers and regulations of QMEs version version
Permanent Disability at Private, Self-Insured Firms: A Study of Earnings Loss, Replacement, and Return to Work for Workers' Compensation Claimants version
Workers' Compensation Medical Payment Systems A Proposal for Simplification and Administrative Efficiency version version - August 2003
A Guidebook for Injured Workers, 2002 - English version version - Spanish version version
NOTE: These have been superceded by "Workers' Compensation in California: A Guidebook for Injured Workers, February 2005." See 2005 reports.
CHSWC and AB 749 as Amended (October 2002) CHSWC and AB 749 (February 2002)
State of Workers' Compensation Insurance Industry in California (April 2002)
Inpatient Hospital Fee Schedule and Outpatient Surgery Study (February 2002)
Trends in Earnings Loss from Disbling Workplace Injuries in California: The Role of Economic Conditions, RAND version
Report on the Workers' Compensation Anti-Fraud Program (August 2001) - Attachments
Return-to-Work In California: Listening to Stakeholders' Voices (July 2001)
Update Workers' Compensation and the California Economy (December 2000)Workers' Compensation and the California Economy
(April 2000)
Study of the Cost of Pharmaceuticals in Workers' Compensation (June 2000) Executive Summary
Recommendations: Information for Injured Workers' (May 2000)
Report on the Campaign Against Workers' Compensation Fraud' (May 2000)
Issue Paper on Labor Code Section 5814' (April 2000)
Vocational Rehabilitation Reform Evaluation (March 2000) version
Preliminary Evidence on the Implementation of Baseball Arbitration' (November 1999)
Workers' Compensation Costs and Benefits After the Implementation of Reform Legislation (August 1999)
Executive Summary Impact of the 1993 Reforms on Payments of Temporary and Permanent Disability (August 1999)
Summary Estimating the Workers' Compensation Reform Impact on Employer Costs and Employee Benefits (August 1999)
Carve-Outs' in Workers' Compensation: An Analysis of Experience in the California Construction Industry (September 1999)
Background Paper on Labor Code Section 5814' (March 1999)
CHSWC Report on the Workers' Compensation Audit Function (December 1998) Executive Summary
Employers Illegally Uninsured for Workers' Compensation - CHSWC Recommendations to Identify Them and Bring them Into Compliance' (December 1998)
Protecting and Educating Young Workers: Report of the California Study Group on Young Worker Health and Safety (March 1998)
Workers' Compensation Anti-Fraud Activities - Report on the CHSWC Public Fact-Finding Hearing (September 1997)
Evaluating the Reforms of the Medical-Legal Process Using the WCIRB Permanent Disability Survey (1997) Executive SummaryFindings and Recommendations on California's Permanent Partial Disability System: Executive Summary (1997) version version
Does Modified Work Facilitate Return To Work For Temporarily Or Permanently Disabled Workers?' (August 1997)
Vocational Rehabilitation Benefit: An Analysis of Costs, Characteristics, and the Impact of the 1993 Reforms' (August 1997)
Navigating the California Workers' Compensation System: The Injured Workers' Experience' (July 1996)
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