California Lien and Litigation Consulting Services
Why are liens an increasing problem in California?
- Plaintiffs are filing on all bill reductions, including official medical fee schedule reductions.
- Plaintiffs are unwilling to settle—most file a declaration of readiness to proceed (DOR) to request a conference with the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB).
- Defendants and appeal judges are not holding plaintiffs accountable to any limitation on timely filings.
- Consolidation of cases has been minimized—this has allowed Scripps to file 91,000 lien claims dating as far back as 1991 and forcing cases to be heard individually.
- Most lien applicants begin filing frivolous reconsideration requests when they do not prevail at the WCAB.
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Qmedtrix offers expertise developed from over a decade of California dispute resolution, negotiation, and litigation experience. Qmedtrix is recognized as the expert, establishing the most significant workers’ compensation fee dispute litigation in California, from Kunz vs. Patterson in 2002, to Tapia v. Skill Master Staffing, to Barrera v. HNR Framing in 2008. Our attorneys, medical directors, data analysts and bill auditors can provide strategies to achieve reasonable resolution of disputes arising from bills not reviewed using the Qmedtrix methodology.