California Workers’ Compensation has embraced Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) to dictate industrial medical care authorization. Thus, when a EBM study is published, the Workers’ Compensation Community looks to its conclusions. The community looks to see the results are aligned with the Labor Code’s mandate to provide treatment to cure or relieve from the effects of… Continue reading CALIFORNIA BACK INJURIES AND TREATMENT GUIDELINES: EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE (EBM) AND WORKERS’ COMPENSATION: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW