Favorite Links

WORKERS COMPENSATION

• The California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) Website
• The California Labor Code
• The Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation (CHSWC)
• The Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC)
• The Industrial Medical Council (IMC)
• The Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) Cal/OSHA
• The California Workers' Compensation Institute (CWCI)
• The Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH)

MEDICAL / LEGAL

• The American Medical Association (AMA)
• The California Applicants' Attorneys Association (CAAA)
• California Board Of Chiropractic Examiners
• The California Medical Association (CMA)
• California Medical Board
• The California Workers' Compensation Defense Attorney Association (CWCDAA)
• Dental Board of California
• DWC QME Search
• The California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board
• The State Bar Of California
• Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

FEDERAL / NATIONAL

• Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR)
• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)
• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Center for Disease Control
• The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
• The Social Security Administration
• The United States Department of Labor

CASE MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES & RESEARCH

• American Academy of Pain Medicine
• American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM)
• EMedicine
• MedicineNet
• MedlinePlus
• National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC)
• National Library of Medicine, National Institute of Health
• The New England Journal of Medicine
• Official Disability Guidelines™ (ODG)
• PubMed
• Rand Institute
• Center for Occupational & Environmental Health (COEH)

DISABILITY MANAGEMENT and RETURN TO WORK

• The California Consortium for Stay at Work / Return to Work (SAW/RTW)
• Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH)
• Disability Information
• Disability Management Employers Coalition (DMEC)
• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)
• Official Disability Guidelines™ (ODG)
• Pacific Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center (ADA & Accessible IT info)
• Preventing Needless Work Disability by Helping People Stay Employed

ADR

Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation:

• Carve-Outs/Alternative Workers' Compensation Programs
• List of Carve-Out Programs

ADR Resources

• Carve-Outs in Workers' Compensation
  An Analysis of the Experience in the California Construction Industry
  

Employee Occupational Health

• AAOHN-American Association of Occupational Health Nurses
• ACOEM—American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• CSAOHN-California State Association of Occupational Health Nurses
• AOHP-Association of Occupational Health Professionals in Healthcare
• AOEC—(Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics)
• COEH—Center for Occupational & Environmental Health—University of California at Berkeley, Davis and San Francisco—A NIOSH Education & Research Center, Region IX
• CDC—Sharps Injury Prevention Program
• JCAHO—(Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations)
• HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996)
• NGC—(National Guideline Clearinghouse)
• DFEH - (Department of Fair Employment and Housing)
• FDA—Food and Drug Administration