How Do California Reforms Affect Cost, Access, and Quality of Medical Care In Workers’ Compensation
Powerpoints and transcript of presentations made during Session III, “How Do California Reforms Affect Cost, Access, and Quality of Medical Care in Workers’ Compensation?” at the NASI symposium, Health and Income Security for Injured Workers: Key Policy Issues, October 12-13, 2006 in Washington, DC.
Moderator: Jay S. Himmelstein, M.D., MPH, Director, Center for Health Policy and Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Overview: The California Problems and Reforms
Barbara Wynn, Senior Health Policy Researcher, RAND
Initial Impacts on Costs and Access to Health Care
Michael Nolan, President, California Workers’ Compensation Institute
Assessing Effects on Quality of Care
Teryl Nuckols Scott, M.D., MSHS, Health Services Researcher, RAND
Panelists:
Bernyce Peplowski, M.D., Medical Director, Zenith Insurance Company
Doug Kim, Legislative Advocate, Green & Azevedo
Tom Rankin, Past President, California Labor Federation and Visiting Scholar, Institute for Industrial Relations, University of California, Berkeley