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Objection To Treating Physicians Recommendation For Spinal Surgery DWC 233 - California
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State of California Department of Industrial Relations Division of Workers' Compensation OBJECTION TO TREATING PHYSICIAN'S RECOMMENDATION FOR SPINAL SURGERY EMPLOYEE Last Name W.C.A.B. Case No. RESIDENCE ADDRESS: Street First Name Other names/initials Social Security Number Date of Injury Claim No. (If Available) City Telephone (If Available) State Fax No. (If Available) Zip Code EMPLOYER Name MAILING ADDRESS: Street City State Zip Code Insurance Carrier: Claims Administrator: Company providing utilization review: Employer health care provider: EMPLOYEE'S ATTORNEY Name MAILING ADDRESS: Street Telephone: City Fax Number: State Zip Code TREATING PHYSICIAN Last Name: MAILING ADDRESS: Street Telephone: First Name : City Fax Number: Other names/initials: State E-mail: Zip Code Physician's Medical Group: Independent Practice Association: Exact procedure which is being objected to: Name of facility or institution at which the proposed procedure is to be performed: Name of facility or institution at which an alternative procedure (if any) recommended by the employer, employer health care provider, carrier, or administrator is proposed to be performed: DWC Form 233 May 2007 1 American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkflow.com Date that the treating physician's recommendation for this procedure was first received by any of employer, insurance carrier, administrator: Name of entity which received it on that date: Type of entity (employer, insurance carrier, or administrator): NAME OF PERSON SIGNING THIS OBJECTION: Name: Company: MAILING ADDRESS: Street Telephone: City Fax Number: State Zip Code E-mail: Reason(s) for this objection, specific to this employee: Declaration Regarding Receipt of Report SEE INSTRUCTIONS Version A I declare under penalty of perjury of the laws of the State of California that: 1. I am employed by _____________________________________. 2. The enclosed physician's report was first received by the employer, insurance carrier or administrator, the name of which firm is ____________________________________________________________________, on ______________________. (date) 3. I have personal knowledge of the above facts. __________________________________________ (Signature of Declarant) __________________ (date) Version B I declare under penalty of perjury of the laws of the State of California that: 1. I am employed by _____________________________________. 2. The enclosed physician's report was first received by the employer, insurance carrier or administrator, the name of which firm is ____________________________________________________________________, on ______________________. (date) 3. The firm stated in (2), above, has a written policy of date-stamping every piece of mail on the date it is delivered to its office; this policy is consistently followed; I am knowledgeable about this policy, and the report bears a date stamp showing that it was received in the firm's office on _______________________. (date) I have personal knowledge of the facts in (1) and (3), above, and as to the facts in (2), above, I am informed and believe them to be true. _________________________________________ (Signature of Declarant) __________________ (date) _________________________________________ _________________________ (Signature of Person Executing Form) (Title) DWC Form 233 May 2007 __________________ (date) 2 American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkflow.com Declaration Regarding Service of Objection I declare under penalty of perjury of the laws of the State of California that: 1. I am employed by ________________________________________________. 2. On _____________________________, I served the enclosed objection on the persons/firms served, (date) and on the Administrative Director, and by the means of service, indicated in the box below. If service is by mail, I further declare that I am readily familiar with the practice of the office stated in (1), above, of collection and processing of correspondence for mailing. Under that practice it would be deposited with the U.S. Postal Service on that same day with postage fully prepaid at __________________________________ California, in the ordinary course of business. I further declare that if served by mail, I either deposited the objection personally in the U.S. Mails, or that I placed it for normal collection with the office stated in (1), in time for collection and processing that same day. If service is by fax, I further declare that I transmitted a true copy to the fax numbers stated in the box below pursuant to oral and/or written agreement by the recipient to receive by fax. If service is by delivery, I further declare that I am familiar with the practice of the office stated in (1), above for messenger delivery, and I caused the objection in a sealed envelope to be delivered to a courier employed by ____________________________________________________ who was to personally deliver each such envelope within two working days to the office of the address at the place and on the date indicated in the box below: Person/Firm served and Address Means of service: e.g. mail/certified mail/fax/FedEx Fax number, if by fax (time, if by fax) ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR Cannot fax to Administrative Director _______________________________________ (Signature of Declarant) __________________ (date) DWC Form 233 May 2007 3 American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkflow.com INSTRUCTIONS Signing and Serving The declarations and this form must be signed by Principals or Employees of the employer, insurance carrier, or administrator. This form, together with the report of the treating physician containing the recommendation for treatment which is objected to, is to be mailed to the Administrative Director, Medical Unit, P.O. Box 71010, Oakland, CA 94612, and copies served by mail or physical delivery or fax on the employee, employee's attorney, and treating physician. The objection form and report may be served on the employee, employee's attorney, and treating physician by fax, but only if prior consent has been obtained from the recipient to be served by fax. This form may not be served on the Administrative Director by fax. This Objection must be sent within ten (10) days of the first receipt by any of the employer, insurance carrier, or administrator, of the treating physician's report containing the recommendation. Declarations The form contains two declarations to be signed under penalty of perjury. The first is a declaration specifying the dat
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