Hearing Officer Rejects Protest against Maximus IMR Contract Award

The Department of Industrial Relations did nothing wrong in evaluating and scoring proposals to provide independent medical review services for California’s workers’ compensation system, although its lack of contact with one bidder “is cause for concern,” according to a Department of General Services hearing officer. The Aug. 29 decision denying the protest filed in June by Peer Review Solutions clears the way for the DIR to continue contracting with Maximus Federal Services, which has been the state’s independent medical review organization since the new program...