SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON; PSI SOUTHERN CAL EDISON ROSEMEAD, JERRY NARANJO, WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIAJERRY NARANJO, Applicant,vs.SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON; PSI SOUTHERN CAL EDISON ROSEMEAD, Defendant(s).Case No. ADJ186123 (AHM 0101334)OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING PETITION FOR RECONSIDERATION AND DECISION AFTER PSI RECONSIDERATION Defendant seeks reconsideration of the Findings and Award issued by a workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) on April 1, 2009, wherein the WCJ found that the reasonable value of the facility fee for lien claimant Long Beach Pain Center was in the amount of $1,485.00 for each date of service (DOS). The WCJ further found that lien claimant had been adequately compensated for the April 23, 2003 DOS, but that lien claimant had not beenadequately compensated for the April 16, 2003 DOS. The WCJ awarded reimbursement to lien claimant in the amount of $556.39 plus 10 percent penalty and interest at the civil judgment rate from the date of receipt of the bill. Applicant’s underlying claim involved the October 16, 2001 industrial injury to his shoulders and neck, while working as a Field service Representative for defendant. Defendant contends that the WCJ erred in awarding a 10 percent penalty against it where lien claimant failed to meet its burden of proof to establish the basis for a penalty under Labor Code section 4603.2, and where the $928.61 payment defendant made for each injection was a reasonable payment which was more than that which would have been allowed by either Medicare ($356.07) or the later effective Official Medical Fee Schedule ($408.91). Defendant also contends that it is entitled to a credit for overpayment of $372.22 as it paid lien claimant twice for the procedure performed on April 23, 2003. No Answer was filed. , We have considered the allegations of defendant’s Petition for Reconsideration and the contents of the record. The WCJ did not prepar
