Edward Garcia — ADJ1179599

Edward Garcia received continuing home care from Home Management Care (HMC), and a dispute arose over the documentation required to justify HMC's billings. The WCJ ordered State Compensation Insurance Fund (claims administrator for the legally uninsured State of California, Department of Transportation) and HMC to confer and reach an agreement on billing documentation. Defendant petitioned for reconsideration, arguing the WCJ should have applied Labor Code section 4603.2(b)(1)(A) billing documentation requirements against HMC. The Board granted reconsideration, directed the parties to a commissioners' settlement conference, and the parties resolved the issue via Stipulations filed June 14, 2021. The Board approved the Stipulations, dismissed the petition for reconsideration, and affirmed the WCJ's Joint Findings of Fact and Order.