WorkCompAcademy News - August 2, 2010

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D.is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories. Court of Appeal Rules that Defective MPN Notice Can be Corrected. Split WCAB Panel Decision Allows Employer to Attend Employee Deposition in Psychiatric Injury Case. Physician Repackaged Drugs Now Replaced by Compounding Drugs and "Medical Foods" as Cost Driver. FDA Panel Narrowly Backs Medtronic Spine Device. Doubt Cast on Common Back Pain Management. Animal Studies Show Ability to Grow Their Own Joint Replacements. CSIMS Physicians Angry Over DWC Proposed Changes to OMFS. Division of Workers' Compensation Makes Changes to Select EAMS Forms. PacificComp Appoints Chris DeSales to Agency Relations Manager. State Compensation Insurance Fund Board Names Tom Rowe President and CEO.