JWL Management, Inc.; Illinois Midwest Insurance Agency as administrator on behalf of Star Insurance Company Janet Oliva Candela WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIAJANET OLIVA CANDELA, Applicant,vs.JWL MANAGEMENT, INC.; ILLINOIS MIDWESTINSURANCE AGENCY as administrator on behalf ofSTAR INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendants.Case Nos. ADJ8626962ADJ8627505(Los Angeles District Office)ORDER DISMISSING PETITION FOR RECONSIDERATION Defendant seeks reconsideration of the March 14, 2013 Findings and Order wherein the workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) found that defendant did not have a properly noticed medical provider network (MPN). The WCJ also ordered that defendant’s proposed exhibits H and I be excluded from evidence. Defendant contends that the WCJ erred in excluding exhibits H and I from evidence, arguing that defendant provided a certified interpreter at the time of trial to translate the documents. Defendant also contends that no neglect or refusal to provide medical treatment occurred and that the WCJ should have reached the issue of whether the employer’s failure to provide notice resulted in a denial of medical care pursuant to Labor Code section 4616.3(b). We have considered the Petition for Reconsideration, and we have reviewed the record in this matter. We have received an Answer from applicant. The WCJ has filed a Report and Recommendation on Petition for Reconsideration (Report), recommending that the petition be denied. Because the WCJ’s decision is not a final decision on the issue of applicant’s entitlement to medical treatment outside the MPN, we will dismiss defendant’s Petition for Reconsideration. If we were to treat defendant’s petition as a petition for removal, we would deny removal for the reasons stated by the WCJ in his Report, which we adopt and incorporate by reference. , Labor Code section 5900(a) allows reconsideration only of a “final order, decision,
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