CWCI: IMR Volume Falls to Record Low

The total number of independent medical review determination letters fell to an all-time low in 2020, according to a new report by the California Workers’ Compensation Institute. “With statewide unemployment remaining stubbornly high, millions of Californians still working remotely and the volume of non-COVID workers’ comp claims and medical services holding below pre-pandemic levels, the number of independent medical reviews used to resolve California workers’ compensation treatment disputes continued to decline in the first half of 2021,” CWCI said in a Bu...