Audit Penalties Increase in 2018, Clear $1M for Fourth Time

Penalties for claims violations rose again in 2018 and cleared $1 million for just the fourth time since the Division of Workers’ Compensation started the Profile Audit Review process in 2003. Ten claims-adjusting locations throughout the state that failed the first round of the audit and were subjected to a more rigorous review called a Full Compliance Audit were fined nearly $1.5 million in 2018, according to a report the DWC recently posted to its website. In 2017, the division fined four claims shops a combined $722,182, while penalties for the four shops that failed the PAR in 201...