Sedgwick: IMEs Favor State Fund 75% of the Time

In North Dakota, the state with the highest employee fatality rate and the lowest workers’ compensation premiums in the nation, a report from Sedgwick shows that 75% of independent medical evaluations are decided against claimants. The report, which Sedgwick presented to the state Legislature’s interim Workers’ Compensation Review Committee on Monday, also shows that despite regulations, North Dakota’s monopolistic state fund has made no effort since 2010 to find independent medical evaluators within the state’s borders. As a result, none of the evaluations for t...