Number of Accredited UR Firms Grows; Attorneys Eager to See Enabling Regs

As the number of utilization review organizations complying with California's accreditation mandate slowly increases, attorneys who represent injured workers in California are eagerly awaiting rules they hope will offer some guidance for dealing with decisions that may not be valid. About 30% of utilization review companies are still not accredited, according to information provided by the Division of Workers’ Compensation, even though all of them were supposed to be July 1. Peter Melton, a spokesman for the division, said in an email Wednesday that 43 of the 58 ...