DWC to Contract with Maximus for IMR

By Greg Jones, Western Bureau ChiefThe Division of Workers’ Compensation plans to piggyback on contracts between other California state agencies and Maximus Federal Services Inc. to provide independent medical review services, beginning in 2013.Reform legislation signed by Gov. Jerry Brown last month requires that disputes over utilization review decisions to delay, deny or modify treatment requests be resolved through an administrative system, rather than by Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board judges. Under Senate Bill 863, applicants with dates of injury on or after Jan. 1, 2013,...