FEATHER RIVER HOSPITAL and ADVENTIST HEALTH SYSTEM WEST, EVELYN FLETCHER, WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIAEVELYN FLETCHER, Applicant,vs.FEATHER RIVER HOSPITAL and ADVENTIST HEALTH SYSTEM WEST, Defendants.Case Nos. ADJ2249081 (RDG 0113954)OPINION AND ORDERS DENYING PETITION FOR REMOVAL, GRANTING PETITION FOR RECONSIDERATION AND DECISION AFTER RECONSIDERATION Defendant seeks reconsideration or, in the alternative, removal of the Orders that a workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) issued in this case on May 29, 2009, when the matter came on for an expedited hearing on the subject of applicant’s entitlement to medical treatment to cure or relieve the effects of her industrial injury. The Minutes of Hearing (MOH) of the expedited trial on May 28, 2009 set forth the following 4 orders; 1) Subject to conditions which I will state momentarily, defendant is ordered to provide these procedures. Additionally, defendant is ordered to provide a nurse case manager and psychological counseling. 2) Defendant is further ordered that any time it authorizes a procedure, that it assures that the provider of that procedure and applicant understand that the authorization exists. 3) Applicant shall present to defendant statements showing the cost of the trochanter injections and the parties shall adjust that, with jurisdiction reserved. 4) Unless defendant decides to rely on existing requests and recommendations for the procedures in question, it shall forthwith correspond with Dr. Malik and request an updated , statement as to what procedures he is recommending. If defendant chooses to subject his recommendations to utilization review, it shall do so promptly and, in any event, within the time limits set forth in the Labor Code and the California Code of Regulations. It is defendant’s contention that the Orders to prov
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