Young: IMR in Winter

Now we know that the California Supreme Court will not be granting review of the Court of Appeals' decision in Frances Stevens v. Outspoken Enterprises. The issue regarding the constitutionality of the California independent medical review system is still in play, with the pending Zuniga case and the Ramirez case out of the Sacramento-based 3rd District Court of Appeal. But for a current snapshot as to how IMR is working, let’s turn to a February 2016 report by Rena David of the California Workers’ Compensation Institute. The study focuses on IMR decisions in 2015. Expl...