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Apr 30, 2025
RAND Gets $300K for UR Study—What's the ROI?
The California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) plans to address the state’s broken Utilization Review (UR) system—by paying frequent contract recipient RAND Corporat...
Jun 26, 2025
CA RFA Hell: Affirmative Cites the Most Cynical Excuse Yet to Deny Care
What’s the most absurd, bureaucratic, procedurally abusive excuse a claims administrator ever used to deny care to an injured worker?We’ve seen our share of bad-faith ...
Aug 22, 2025
Zurich: Vague Authorization Creates More Treatment Friction
Insurer Zurich North America offered a classic example of the bureaucratic absurdity that plagues California’s treatment authorization process, issuing a baffling, time-bound...