Maximus Executive Predicts Timely IMR Decisions before Year End

By Greg JonesWestern Bureau ChiefSAN FRANCISCO – Maximus Federal Services will be issuing timely decisions regarding the appropriateness of treatment requests before the end of the year, a director of the independent medical review program in California said Thursday.Lou Shields, IMR project director for Reston, Virginia-based Maximus, told attendees of the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s annual conference that the company needs at least three months and possibly until the end of the year until it will be able to meet regulatory time frames for issuing final d...