The Vons Companies, Inc., Permissibly Self-Insured Kathryn Butler WORKERS-COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIAKATHRYN BUTLER, Applicant,vs.THE VONS COMPANIES, INC., permissibly self-insured, Defendant(s). Case Nos. ADJ300856 (MON 0181713); ADJ3724218 (MON 0181718); ADJ1548938 (MON 0206865)OPINION AND ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR RECON SIDERATION Defendam seeks reconsideration of lhe Findings and Award of July 26. 2010, in which the workers compensation judge (WCJ) found that applicant is entitled to right knee replacement surgery, to be provided by her treating physician, Dr. Schiffman. Defendant contends that applicant, a resident of Oklahoma, is not entitled to treatment by Dr. Schiffman in California because he is not within a reasonable geographic area of applicant’s residence, that defendant properly transferred applicant’s treatment into its Medical Provider Network (MPN). that the WCJ erred in lindingthat defendant authorized applicant’s-surgery by Dr. Schiffman through Utilization Review (UR), and that the WCJ did not consider all the evidence. We begin by noting that in Babbitt v. Ow Jing dba National Market (2007) 72 Cal.Comp.Cases 70 [Appeals Board en banc), the Board held that a defendant may satisfy its obligation under Labor Code section 4600 to provide reasonable medical treatment by transferring an injured worker into an MPN in conformity with applicable statutes and regulations, regardless of the date of injury or the date of an award of future medical treatment. In this case, defendant did not establish that after applicant was notified her treating physician was not in defendant’s MPN. it transferred her into the MPN in conformity with , applicable statute* and regulations. Therefore, we will deny defendant’s petition for reconsideration. Pursuant to the approved Joint Stipulations and Award of August 26. 2003, it was stipulated that on January 11, 1994, August 11, 1994, and from Jan
