CHSWC Director Says Administration Can't Delay Fixes to IMR

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California regulators can’t put off making changes that could help reduce the unexpectedly high volume of requests for independent medical review, the director of the state's labor-management research and advisory panel said Wednesday.Lach Taylor, acting executive officer of the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation and special counsel to Department of Industrial Relations Director Christine Baker, said the volume of IMR requests is more than the administration anticipated.“We’ve got a bit of a problem right now,”...