The California Supreme Court will not be weighing in on a dispute over an employer's ability to refer a treatment recommendation from a doctor within its own medical provider network through utilization review and independent medical review.
Last August, a Workers' Compensation Appeals Board panel said UR was the appropriate way for Gregory Parrent's employer to obtain review of his doctor's treatment recommendation, and if Parrent didn't like the decision, his remedy was IMR.
Parrent appealed that decision in October, arguing MPNs have their own internal review proc...
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