WCIRB Classification and Rating Committee Meeting May 5

The Classification and Rating Committee of the California Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau will review dual-wage and physical audit thresholds, as well as proposed changes to reporting requirements for independent medical-review and independent bill-review expenses when it meets May 5 in Oakland. Changes to reporting requirements for IMR and IBR expenses would clarify these programs created by Senate Bill 863 are not a component of medical cost-containment expenses.  "While recognizing that IMR and IBR are outgrowths of bill review and utilization review processes,...