California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi is proposing immediate action in seven areas to restructure California's workers compensation system.
Separately, Mr. Garamendi has decided not to appeal a California state Board of Equalization ruling that overturned the insurance department's efforts to retroactively tax workers compensation deductible policies, an Insurance Department spokeswoman said.
Mr. Garamendi said in a statement that his workers comp proposal is based on recommendations from two advisory panels. The seven areas of immediate focus include: improved financial oversight; medical cost containment; consistency in determining the level of permanent disability; improved coordination and communication with state agencies regulating the system; continued aggressive fraud interdiction;
