High Court to Hear Arguments in UR Malpractice Dispute May 29

California’s Supreme Court announced it will hear arguments at the end of the month in a case that has the potential to disrupt how utilization review is performed in the state’s workers’ compensation system. The high court set arguments in King v. CompPartners for 1:30 p.m. on May 29 in San Francisco. The court in April 2016 granted review in CompPartners’ appeal of a decision the 4th District Court of Appeal handed down in January 2016 that allowed an injured worker the opportunity to hold a utilization review physician liable for malpractice. The three questio...