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Get Involved
Voters Injured at Work.
An organization just for injured workers and their families
http://www.viaw.org/
Register to Vote
You can register online. Make sure all your friends are registered to vote. Stay
informed. Keep them informed.
http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/elections_vr.htm
Find your Legislators
Enter your zip code and find your California State Assemblyperson and State
Senator
Then let them know what that you vote and you don’t like the way injured workers
are being treated by the new laws.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/yourleg.html
Project Vote Smart
National organization that collects information on U.S. elected officials
http://www.vote-smart.org/
Initiatives
Secretary of States office has copies of all initiatives that have been
submitted for approval
http://www.ag.ca.gov/initiatives/activeindex.htm
Paperless Workers Compensation Court- EAMS
The DWC will go paperless in 2008, FAQ’s about the new system
http://www.dir.ca.gov/dwc/eams/EAMS.htm
Workers’ Compensation
Information Guides
Informational pamphlets regarding Utilization Review, Temporary Disability,
Uninsured Employers and other topics, created by the DWC.
http://www.dir.ca.gov/dwc/iwguides.html
http://www.dir.ca.gov/CHSWC/Reports/WorkersCompGuidebook-3rdEd.pdf
Information and Assistance
The State provides knowledgeable “I&A” officers to help unrepresented injured
workers with their claims. There is more information and a list of offices here.
http://www.dir.ca.gov/dwc/i%26a.html
Division of Workers Compensation
Lots of information from the State of California about California Workers’
Compensation basics and a list of approved Medical Provider Networks (MPN)
http://www.dir.ca.gov/dwc/
Workers Compensation Appeals Board
Forms on line, the WCAB Policy and Procedures Manual, the California Labor Code,
Title 8 Regulations and important decisions of the WCAB.
http://www.dir.ca.gov/wcab/wcab.htm
Claim Form (DWC-1)
Notice to your employer that you are injured. Everything starts with this.
http://www.dir.ca.gov/dwc/DWCForm1.pdf
Commission on Health Safety and Workers Compensation
Studies and reports on worker safety. Workers compensation educational
materials, including Guidebooks and Fact Sheets for injured workers.
http://www.dir.ca.gov/chswc/chswc.html
En Espanol
http://www.dir.ca.gov/chswc/Guidebook-2005-Spanish.pdf
DWC Medical Unit
Includes a Qualified Medical Examiner database and "Evaluation Guidelines."
http://www.dir.ca.gov/IMC/imchp.html
Form to request QME panel
http://www.dir.ca.gov/IMC/FormIMC106.pdf
QME complaint form
http://www.dir.ca.gov/IMC/IMC%20Complaint%20form-1.pdf
To see list of QME’s within your area, by specialty
http://www.dir.ca.gov/databases/imc/imcstartnew.asp
California Self-Insurance Plans
List of qualified Self-Insured employer, Joint Powers Authorities and Third
Party Administrators
http://www.dir.ca.gov/SIP/sip.html
DWC Educational Conference
Information about Medicare Set-asides
http://www.dir.ca.gov/dwc/educonf12/CMS/CMS.html
Medi-Care Liens
Medicare has a right to a lien for money they pay in Workers’ Comp and Personal
Injury cases. Here is their brochure about their lien rights.
http://www.dhs.ca.gov/mcs/psd/TPL/PDFs/PI%20%20Brochure.pdf
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/WorkersCompAgencyServices/
MediCare Set Asides and prescription drugs
After 1-1-06 drugs must be considered in set-asides
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/WorkersCompAgencyServices/Downloads/123005PartDMemo.pdf
Workers Compensation Links for all 50 states and DC
http://www.comp.state.nc.us/ncic/pages/all50.htm
Milage rate
This is the Government Code Section to which the Labor Code refers for rate
paid.
You have to scroll down to (B) and click on the
599.631.
Form to request QME panel
http://www.dir.ca.gov/IMC/FormIMC106.pdf
**QME complaint form
http://www.dir.ca.gov/IMC/IMC%20Complaint%20form-1.pdf
To see list of QME’s within your area, by specialty
http://www.dir.ca.gov/databases/imc/imcstartnew.asp
Miscellaneous information and rants
http://www.workerscompensationinsurance.com/
http://www.workerscompensation.crystalgravity.com/
Research information
Med-Legal Copy Service free research area
http://getmedlegal.com/
Veterans Administration
Medical Record Authorization
Here is the form you need to sign to get your VA records
http://www.va.gov/vaforms/medical/pdf/vha-10-5345-fill.pdf
Disability
State Disability and Unemployment Benefits (EDD)
Includes on-line claim forms for State Disability Insurance and Unemployment
Insurance
http://www.edd.cahwnet.gov/eddhome.htm
Social Security Disability
Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income Homepage.
Check your eligibility. Learn what is available
http://www.ssa.gov/disability/
How does workers compensation
affect Social Security Disability?
http://tinyurl.com/6w84y
Social Security
Death Benefits, Retirement Benefits and Disability
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/
Workplace Safety And Occupational Health
California Dept. of Industrial Relations
Includes all required work-place postings and notices
http://www.dir.ca.gov/
Dept. of Occupational Safety and Health
How to file an occupational health and safety complaint
http://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/workerspage.htm
Federal O.S.H.A.
The Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration. This is the links to
safety and health topics page. The whole site is available from here also.
http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/index.html
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
This site has information about chemical hazards in the workplace and other
workplace safety information
http://www.cdc.gov/node.do/id/0900f3ec8000ec09
JobTracker
AFL-CIO data base of companies that have safety violations, export jobs, etc
http://www.workingamerica.org/jobtracker/
Discrimination
Labor Standards Enforcement
Locations of offices and on-line forms for filing discrimination and wage
claims such as unpaid overtime.
http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSE/dlse.html
Americans with Disabilities Act
Department of Justice information about the ADA.
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/
Insurance
Bankrupt Carriers
A listing of all carriers which are in receivership
http://www.caclo.org/perl/insolvent.pl
Bureau of Field Enforcement
How to file a claim with the B.E.F. for failure to carry Workers Comp insurance
and for other violations applicable to a all or a group of employees.
http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/howtofilebofeclaim.htm
Medi-Cal
Frequently asked questions about Medi-Cal
http://www.dhs.ca.gov/mcs/medi-calhome/FAQs2.htm#Who Can Get Medi-Cal?
California Dept. of Insurance
Includes a comparison guide to workers compensation insurance rates. Also, has
"Insurance Guides" for auto and home-owners insurance, but not for workers
compensation.
http://www.insurance.ca.gov/
Zenith
Find a medical provider in the Zenith network
http://www.thezenith.com/zenith_web/webui/employers/emp_med_network.jsp
St. Paul Travelers
Medical Provider Network
http://www.stpaultravelers.com/business_insurance/claim/work_comp/find_med_provider_app.html
Harbor Specialty Insurance
This carrier uses the Blue Shield Online MPN directory
http://www.bclhwcmcs.com
S.C.I.F.
State Compensation Insurance Fund is the largest workers compensation insurer in
California. This site helps you find medical providers approved under their
plans.
http://www.scif.com/medfinder/MedFinder.html
MPN Regulations
http://www.dir.ca.gov/dwc/dwcpropregs/MPNReg.htm
Concentra
MPN for Sedgwick and others
http://www.concentra.com/
California Workers Compensation Institute
Organization of Insurers
http://www.cwci.org/
Everest Insurance (First Health)
MPN Directory for Everest Administered by ACCA (password “everest02”)
http://www.talispoint.com/eos/web/
MPN for Zurich Insurance (password is “zurichna” all lower case)
http://www.zurichna.com/zus/onlineservices.nsf/CareDirectory?openForm
MPN for S.R.S.., click on “Medical Provider Search” under “Quick Links.”
link
MPN for A.I.G.
http://www.talispoint.com/aig/com/
Doctors And Lawyers
C.A.A.A.
The California Applicants Attorneys Association, has information and an attorney
locator for your area of California.
http://caaa.org/
CSIMS
California Society of Industrial Medicine and Surgery
http://www.csims.net/default.asp
WILG
The Work Injury Law and Advocay Group, a nationwide organization. Find a workers
compensation attorney in any state.
http://www.wilg.org/index.asp
California State Bar
Find a licensed attorney, find out if an attorney has been disciplined, read the Rules of Professional Conduct
http://www.calbar.ca.gov/state/calbar/calbar_home.jsp
Find a Certified Specialist in California
http://calbar.ca.gov/state/calbar/calbar_extend.jsp?cid=11584&id=9185
California Medical Board
Includes license search for Medical Doctors "Check your doctor on-line" and
"Guidelines for prescribing controlled substances for pain."
http://www.medbd.ca.gov/
California Chiropractic Board
License search for chiropractors
http://www.chiro.ca.gov/licsearch/
Medical Unit
Find a Qualified Medical Examiner
http://www.dir.ca.gov/databases/imc/imcstartnew.asp
California Board of Psychology
License search for psychologist
http://www.psychboard.ca.gov/
Vocational Rehabilitation
CARRP California Association of Rehabilitation & Reemployment Professionals
http://www.carrp.org/
Other Licensees
Consumer Affairs Dept. License look-up
Includes contractors, physical therapists, barbers, everyone who has to have a
license from the state.
http://www2.dca.ca.gov/pls/wllpub/wllquery$.startup
Corporations
California Business Search
Search for a information on corporations, LPs and LLS, Agent for Service of Process
http://kepler.ss.ca.gov/list.html
California Legislation And Courts
Legislative Information
Information about California Assembly and Senate bills, California Laws and
Legislative Publications. Read the laws the legislature is voting on.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/
California Court Opinions
Supreme and Appellate Court opinions published within the last 120 days, even
unpublished opinions for a limited time only.
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/opinions/
WCAB Opinions
En Banc and Significant Panel Decisions of the WCAB
http://www.dir.ca.gov/wcab/wcab_dars.htm
Small Claims Court
Help in preparing for and filing a Small Claims Action (<$5,000.00). No attorney
needed.
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/smallclaims/
Los Angeles Superior Court
On line directory and information
http://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/
Court Rules
Rules of Court for Los Angeles County Superior Court
http://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/courtrules/
California Code of Regulations
Official site with the entire CCR
http://www.calregs.com/
Education/ Medical/Legal
Dictionary
Includes links to foreign language dictionaries
http://www.bartleby.com/107/
Writing Style Guide
William Strunk's Elements of Style
http://www.bartleby.com/141/index.html
Translations
Translate whole paragraphs from many languages to many languages
http://babelfish.altavista.com/tr
California Workers Compensation Institute
Organization of Insurers
http://www.cwci.org/
National Library of Medicine
Includes Medline and Medline Plus
http://locatorplus.gov/
Workcomp Central
This one requires a paid registration, but it is full of up to date news
http://www.workcompcentral.com/
A Guide to Legal Literacy
An overview of how the U. S. legal system works by Professor Erwin Chemerinsky
http://www.calbar.ca.gov/calbar/pdfs/publications/legalliteracy2001.pdf
Nolo Press
Lots of do-it-yourself legal books on workers compensation, work-placed rights,
sexual harassment,etc. They also have books on personal injury, wills and all
aspects of law.
http://tinyurl.com/47seu
Work Rights Press
The Legal Rights of Union Stewards, Family Medical Leave Handbook
http://www.workrightspress.com/index.html
University of West Los Angeles
The ultimate in do-it-yourself law. Become a lawyer or paralegal at my alma
mater.
http://www.uwla.edu/
ACOEM
They wrote the book that is California law about the recommended treatment of
occupational injuries and illnesses
http://www.acoem.org/
National Guideline Clearinghouse
A public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.
http://www.guideline.gov/index.aspx
Cochrane Collaboration
An international, non-profit organization. The library has regularly updated
evidence-based healthcare databases. Not particularly easy to use.
http://www.cochrane.org/index.htm
MedBioWorld
Medical Link Directories and General Medical Portals
http://www.sciencekomm.at/links/medicine.html
Worst Pills
Independent prescription drug information from Public Citizen . Not friendly to
the drug industry. Read the ten rules for safer drug use. Print out their drug
worksheet to keep track of your medication
http://www.worstpills.org/
Consumer Reports
Report of "Best Buy Drugs"
http://www.crbestbuydrugs.org/
AARP
Health Guide and Prescription Drug Information
http://www.aarp.org/health/
Oregon's Review of Prescription Drugs
"Evidence based" review of Prescription medicine
http://www.oregon.gov/DAS/OHPPR/ORRX/HRC/evidence_based_reports.shtml
PDR Health
The public site of the publisher of the Physicians Desk Reference. Information
from pharmaceutical industry sources about prescription, non-prescription and
herbal medicines.
http://www.pdrhealth.com/drug_info/
Online Orthopedic Textbook.
Nicely indexed orthopedic information
http://www.wheelessonline.com/
Anatomy Text Book
Gray's Anatomy on-line
http://education.yahoo.com/reference/gray/
Environmental diseases
The website of Nachman Brautbar, M.D.
With useful information about various industrially caused diseases
http://www.environmentaldiseases.com/index.html
Copy Service
Med-LegalCopy service. Website has lots of extras
http://www.getrecords.com/default.asp
Med-Legal Magazine
Med-legal also has an on-line magazine about workers’ comp issues
http://www.getmedlegal.com/articles/articles.html
Copy Service
Med-LegalCopy service. Website has lots of extras
http://www.getrecords.com/default.asp
Pain
The American Pain Society for people in pain
http://www.ampainsoc.org/
The American Pain Foundation
http://www.painfoundation.org/
Traffic
Traffic reports for major metropolitan areas in California
http://www.sigalert.com/
CalTrans
Highway conditions and warnings for State Highways
http://www.dot.ca.gov/cgi-bin/roads.cgi
L.A. County Dept of Public Works
Road closures in the County of Los Angeles
http://ladpw.org/mpm/roadclosure/?CFID=4495300&CFTOKEN=33791527
L.A. City
Traffic speeds on major City streets
http://trafficinfo.lacity.org/
CHP Freeways and Surface Streets
Lane closures, hazards and accidents, up to date
http://cad.chp.ca.gov/default.asp
Public Transit
Big Blue Bus
Santa Monica Bus line, (Lincoln Blvd is line 3)
http://www.bigbluebus.com/home/index.asp
Los Angeles Metro
Buses and train lines for MTA
http://www.mta.net/default.asp
Culver City Bus
The Culver City Bus Line
http://www.culvercity.org/depts_bus.asp
Parklink
Shuttle around the Santa Monica Mountains
http://www.nps.gov/samo/shuttle/
News And Fun Stuff
Zip Code Finder
USPS Zip Codes
http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/
Arnold Watch
What is the Governator up to now?
http://www.arnoldwatch.org/
Local Artist: Rich Mann
Venice photography
http://www.rvmann.com
Rough and Tumble
A daily compilation of news about California
http://www.rtumble.com/
CorpWatch
Holding corporations accountable
http://www.corpwatch.org/
Democracy Now
The premier radio, television and web-based news hour from the Left. Free from
corporate dominance.
http://www.democracynow.org/
NPR
National Public Radio’s home page
http://www.npr.org/
Pacifica Radio
Independent listener supported radio
http://www.pacifica.org/
Political Cartoons
Today’s best cartoon from various cartoonists
http://www.cagle.com/politicalcartoons/
Baghdad Burning
Girl Blog from Iraq. First hand information about living in Baghdad.
http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America
"We uniquely empower Iraq & Afghanistan combat veterans to use their
credibility and experiences to speak truth to power, shape public
opinion, and place a priority on these issues."
http://www.iava.org/
Movie information
Data about actors, producers, movies and their cast
http://www.imdb.com
Phone
numbers
Area code locater and phone numbers for business or individual by AT&T
http://www.anywho.com/ |
