Appellate Judge Brings SCIF Back into Case Alleging Blanket UR Denials

California's State Compensation Insurance Fund has been dragged back into a lawsuit over allegations that it implemented a policy to deny the use of the H-Wave device without regard to medical necessity. Second District Court of Appeals Judge Allan J. Goodman handed down a decision Wednesday reversing the conclusion of a Los Angeles Superior Court judge, who held that the State Fund’s utilization-review process was “protected activity” under the state’s anti-SLAPP law. (Strategic lawsuit against public participation.) The court also dismissed an appeal from th...