QME Takes Case for Reappointment to Appeals Board

A cardiologist from Southern California petitioned the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board to order his immediate reinstatement as a qualified medical evaluator and to prohibit the future use of alleged underground rules he says the Division of Workers’ Compensation relied upon when it refused to reappoint him. Dr. Benjamin Simon, of Agoura, argues that the division violated his due process rights by denying his reappointment as a QME without any authorized legal grounds for doing so. The DWC improperly cited billing violations as the reason for denying reappointment, “...