Audit Committee to Review Request for Fraud Study

The head of the California Assembly Insurance Committee is asking the State Auditor’s Office to perform a review of efforts to fight fraud in the state’s workers’ compensation system. Assemblyman Tom Daly, D-Anaheim, on May 2 submitted a written request to the Joint Legislative Audit Committee that lawmakers have created a number of tools to combat fraud with little success. Lawmakers have tried to control reimbursement rates for compound drugs, enacted rules trying to limit liens filed by providers, implemented fee schedules and created independent medical review and in...