Sparks Fly as IME Committee Winds Down Monthslong Review Process

After seven months of often-contentious meetings, an advisory committee appears to be far from its goal of ensuring fairness in New York's independent medical examiner process. Some members have complained that the advisory committee is stacked with pro-employer and pro-insurance representatives. Others have taken offense at insinuations by labor and claimants' representatives on the committee that carriers prefer the status quo because it often blocks costly medical treatments. Joe Canovas, attorney for the New York State AFL-CIO and a member of the IME advisory committee, ...