1st DCA Rejects Constitutional Challenge to Confidentiality Requirement for IMRs

California’s 1st District Court of Appeal on Friday ruled that injured workers do not have a due process right to know the identifies of the medical professionals performing their independent medical reviews. Labor Code Section 4610.6(f) requires that the state's IMR provider, Maximus Federal Services, keep the names of the reviewers confidential, and the court said the statute comports with both the state and federal constitutions. The issue arose in a case called Zuniga v. WCAB (Interactive Trucking), which had been pending before the 1st DCA since October 2014. Saul Zuniga...