Medical Clinic Going to Court over MPN Denial

A California occupational medicine clinic has won the right to take the State Compensation Insurance Fund to trial court over the issue of whether the giant quasi-public carrier must use a fair process to decide who can participate in its medical provider network. The San Francisco Superior Court ruled in Palm Medical v. State Compensation Insurance Fund that Proposition 64 does not apply to cases that had been filed before the measure was approved by California voters in November 2004. The decision allows Palm Medical Group to pursue an injunction against State Fund on behalf of the general...