IMR Decisions on Pace for 4th Consecutive Decrease

If the volume of independent medical review decision letters issued through the first half of 2022 holds for the rest of the year, determinations on disputed medical treatments in California’s workers’ compensation system would fall for a fourth consecutive year. Dr. Ray Meister, Division of Workers’ Compensation executive medical director, said during a Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation meeting Thursday that 62,859 IMR decision letters were issued from January through June. If that pace holds for the last six months of 2022, it would r...