Other links and Additional Information about Independent Medical Review

Statutes relating to the DMHC IMR process

California Health and Safety Code, sections 1370.4 and 1374.30 through 1374.36 http://wpso.dmhc.ca.gov/regulations/

Background information about Independent Medical Review systems throughout the United States:

Assessing State External Review Programs and the Effects of Pending Federal Patients’ Rights Legislation, prepared for the Kaiser Family Foundation, March 2002. http://www.kff.org/insurance/3221-index.cfm

A searchable database of Independent Medical Review decisions in California since the program went into effect January 1, 2001.

Database of Independent Medical Review decisions
http://wp.dmhc.ca.gov/imr/

If you have additional questions about the IMR process or suggestions about this Web site or its contents, please send your comments to helpline@dmhc.ca.gov or call the HMO Help Center at 1(888) HMO-2219 or 1(888) 466-2219.