Attorneys Argue whether SCIF Letter Shows MPN 'Bullying' Doctor or 'Self-Policing' Billing Rules

State Compensation Insurance Fund's May 11 letter to a doctor within its medical provider network has applicants' attorneys up in arms over what they perceive as a dissemination of misinformation and bullying.  Defense attorneys, however, say the applicants' bar is making much ado about nothing, suggesting that the communique is a mere reminder of the doctor's obligations as a member physician. The doctor, whose name was redacted in a copy of the letter obtained by WorkCompCentral, had billed SCIF $375 for a supplemental medical-legal evaluation of a worker after ut...