Abbreviations

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AA                Applicant’s Attorney

ACOEM        American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine          

AMA            American Medical Association

AME            Agreed Medical Examiner

AOE/COE    Arising out of and in the course and scope of employment

DA               Defense Attorney

DEU             Disability Evaluation Unit

F & A           Findings and Award

I & A            Information and Assistance Office

IME              Independent Medical Examiner

LC                Labor Code

MPN             Medical Provider Network

MSC             Mandatory Settlement Conference

PJ                 Presiding Judge

PD                Permanent Disability

PPD              Partial Permanent Disability

PTC               Pre-Trial Conference

PTP               Primary Treating Physician

QIW               Qualified Injured Worker

QME              Qualified Medical Examiner

Recon            Reconsideration

Reg.               Regulation

RU                 Rehabilitation Unit

TPD               Temporary Partial Disability

TTD                Total Temporary Disability

UR                  Utilization Review

VR                  Vocational Rehabilitation

VRMA             Vocational Rehabilitation Maintenance Allowance

WCAB             Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board

WCALJ            Workers’ Compensation Administrative Law Judge

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