Percentage of IMR Decisions Favoring Employers Falls to 65%

By Greg Jones, Western Bureau ChiefAbout 65% of treatment requests sent to independent medical review have been decided in favor of California employers, according to a review of 124 decisions posted on the Division of Workers’ Compensation website as of Thursday afternoon.That number is down from the last WorkCompCentral analysis of the IMR decisions, which found that in the 26 decisions published as of May 21, the utilization-review determination to deny a treatment was affirmed in 25 of the 34 IMR decisions, an affirmation rate of 73.5%.The 124 IMR decisions reviewed on Thursday conta...