Heads UP: WC Adjuster Certification (WCAC) Data Call Expected This Week – DUE 7/6//15

The Institute has been notified that this coming Friday (April 17) the California Department of Insurance (CDI) expects to issue the attached Workers’ Comp Adjuster Certification (2015 WCAC) Data Call for claims adjuster and medical bill reviewer data pursuant to California Insurance Code §11761 and CCR, Title 10, §§2592 – 2592.08. The Data Call will include instructions on retrieving the reporting materials from the internet and submitting the data. After the Data Call is received, a WCAC “Acknowledgement of Receipt Form” will be due by Friday, May 8.

Please note that by Monday, July 6 (which follows a 3-day weekend), insurance companies admitted to transact workers’ compensation insurance in California must submit a completed Data Workbook to certify their adjusters and/or medical bill reviewers, while self-insured employers and TPAs are not required to use the Data Workbook and should continue to use the format provided in CCR 2592 et seq. After you determine your company’s reporting status, download the required forms to a local drive, complete each form, and submit them via the document upload program on the CDI website. (Note: you will not be able to complete the forms directly from the CDI website.) Step-by-step

instructions for completing and submitting the forms will be on pages 8-10 of the Statistical Plan.

A copy of the 2015 WCAC FAQs is attached. If you have additional issues or questions after reviewing the information in the WCAC Data call, in the FAQs page and on the CDI website, please refer to the contacts listed in the data call (see statistical plan).

If you have staff members who need additional continuing education units, CWCI will conduct its 17th annual California Workers’ Compensation Case Law Update Seminar on May 18 in Long Beach and May 20 in San Francisco which will provide 5 hours of credit toward the CDI requirements. A seminar flyer is attached, or you can get more information or register online at http://www.cwci.org/conferences.html.

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