Workers Compensation Terms
WORK COMP ABBREVIATIONS
ALJ: Administrative Law Judge
AME: Agreed Medical Examiner AMA 5th: Refers to the American Medical Association Guides for Rating Disability, 5th Edition
AOE/COE: Arising out of employment/Course of Employment
APP: Application for Adjudication of Claim
C&R: Compromise and Release (closes out medical care)
DEU: Disability Evaluations Unit
DIR: Department of Industrial Relations
DOR: Declaration of Readiness to Proceed
DWC: Department of Workers Compensation
EAMS: Electronic Adjudication Management System
F&A: Findings and Award
IBR: Independent Bill Review
IMR: Independent Medical Review
MMI: Maximum Medical Improvement (used interchangeably with P&S)
MOD/ALT: Offer of Modified or Alternative Employment
MOH: Minutes of Hearing
MPN: Medical Provider Network
PD: Permanent Disability
PPD: Permanently Partially Disabled
PTD: Permanently Totally Disabled
POS: Proof of Service
PQME: Panel Qualified Medical Examiner
P&S: Permanent and Stationary (used interchangeably with MMI)
Recon: Reconsideration (usually referring to Petition for Reconsideration of a trial judges decision)
RTW: Return to Work
RTWSP: Return to Work Supplemental Program
SDJBV: Supplemental Job Displacement Benefit Voucher
STIP: Stipulation with Request for Award (leaves medical open)
S&W: Serious and Willful Misconduct (Labor Code section 4553)
TD: Temporary Disability
TPD: Temporary Partial Disability
TTD: Temporary Total Disability
UEF: Uninsured Employers Fund
UEBTF: Uninsured Employers Benefit Trust Fund
UR: Utilization Review
VR: Vocational Rehabilitation
WCAB: Workers Compensation Appeals Board
WCJ: Workers Compensation Judge
5 Pager: Pre Trial Conference Statement
132A: Labor Code section 132A (discriminatory termination of employee)