The California Division of Workers’ Compensation reported that 133,093 eligible applications for independent medical review were filed in 2023, the second-lowest amount since all dates of injury are required to use the administrative medical dispute process.
The percentage of IMR determinations that overturned a utilization review decision also increased to 10.2% in 2023 from 8.2% in 2022, according to a report the DWC published Friday.
Eligible IMR applications were up 2.9% compared to the 129,298 submitted in 2022, which was the lowest total of any year since 2014. The increase comes...
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