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5 Jun 2014, 4:41 am by David DePaolo
The California Independent Medical Review process, introduced by SB 863 in 2012, was intended to be anonymous.But it wasn't intended to be cloudy and opaque.That's, however, how the Department of Industrial Relations and the Division of Workers' Compensation seem to want to keep it.The news that was supposed to be announced yesterday was that the IMR contract for the next contracting period was to go to the existing contractor, Maximus Federal Services, Inc. [read post]
26 Feb 2024, 6:41 am by Robin E. Kobayashi
The IMR reviewer noted that applicant had a history of auditory hallucinations, which were ameliorated with Geodon, demonstrating the efficacy of that medication and supporting its medical necessity. [ LexisNexis Commentary: This IMR is particularly interesting because the medication Geodon, which was at issue here, was the subject of a $301 million settlement between Pfizer, Inc. and the U.S. [read post]
15 Jun 2020, 10:01 am by Sarah Cole
Imre Szalai let me know that cert was granted (again) in HENRY SCHEIN, INC. [read post]
13 Mar 2015, 6:27 am by David DePaolo
 and acquired by WorkCompCentral, the contract Independent Medical Review company that is tasked with the final stages of IMR as a consequence of SB 863, claims payers don't take the system seriously.There are 128 entities handling California workers' compensation cases that have at least one IMR case for which they have not submitted medical records in 90 days.Ninety days.The regulatory time limit is only fifteen days. [read post]
19 Oct 2023, 8:59 am by Robin E. Kobayashi
[LexisNexis Commentary: This IMR is particularly interesting because the medication Geodon, which was at issue here, was the subject of a $301 million settlement between Pfizer, Inc. and the U.S. [read post]
18 Apr 2024, 9:24 am by Robin E. Kobayashi
(Lopez, Leonel; Sablan, Yolanda) (2nd—B330602) Liens—Procedural Rights and Duties—Suspended Providers and Dismissal of Liens Based on Criminal Disposition—Due Process—WCAB, granting reconsideration, rescinded order in which WCJ vacated prior order consolidating all liens of Frontline Medical Associates, Inc. [read post]
3 Dec 2014, 4:16 am by David DePaolo
"Under the provisions of SB 863, after Maximus accepts an injured worker's application for IMR, it sends a notice to the claims administrator that the case was accepted. [read post]
4 Mar 2014, 4:15 am by David DePaolo
But the IMR contractor, Maximus Federal Services Inc., will not look at any case in which there has not yet been a UR denial. [read post]
2 Jan 2024, 5:00 am by Robin E. Kobayashi
CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 88, No. 12 December 2023 A Report of En Banc and Significant Panel Decisions of the WCAB and Selected Court Opinions of Related Interest, With a Digest of WCAB Decisions Denied Judicial Review CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE LexisNexis Online Subscribers: You can link to your account on Lexis+ to read the complete headnotes and court decisions, en banc decisions, writ denied summaries, panel decisions and IMR decisions. [read post]
5 Oct 2012, 4:51 am by David J. DePaolo
There's always a winning vendor position in workers' compensation reforms that many don't think about when the new laws pass off the governor's desk, and in California, at least for the next two years, that winner is Maximus, Inc. [read post]
5 Oct 2012, 4:51 am by David J. DePaolo
There's always a winning vendor position in workers' compensation reforms that many don't think about when the new laws pass off the governor's desk, and in California, at least for the next two years, that winner is Maximus, Inc. [read post]