The Perilous Procedures of Non-IBR Dispute Resolution

Are you seeing a heavy increase in your medical-legal expense disputes?
Do you have to appear at the WCAB more often?
Is the WCJ telling you that there is a valid basis requiring you to pay
attorneys’ fees on top of everything else?

Many of these contested cases likely involve Non-IBR disputes – disputes over med-legal services that are not covered by a fee schedule.

In collaboration with leading defense attorney Saul Allweiss, CWCI’s General Counsel Ellen Langille has produced a training webinar so that your claims and legal staff can better understand and effectively address the troublesome topic of Non-IBR dispute resolution. The program includes:

• An overview of the nature of Non-IBR disputes
• Examples showing how some med-legal providers use Non-IBR dispute rules to gain an advantage
• A discussion of your obligations as a payer
• Requirements for filing a Petition for Determination of a Non-IBR Med-Legal Dispute
• Issues of WCAB jurisdiction and a review of the various ways defendants can lose the right to perfectly valid and complete defenses to these challenges
• Tips & defense strategies to assist you during negotiations and litigation
• A handy checklist of all the things you need to keep track of during a Non-IBR dispute

CWCI members may access an archived copy of the webinar materials by clicking here.

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