What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration denied; WCJ order for additional cardiology QME panel affirmed; no sanctions or costs awardedp. 3
Defendant petition for reconsideration of WCJ Findings of Fact (4/6/2023) ordering additional cardiology QME panel and denying sanctions
What was disputed, and how it came out
Each issue the panel decided, with the reasoning it gave. An outcome is what this panel did on this record — not a rule, and not a prediction.
QME/AME processDefendant prevailedcirculatory system · hypertension
Good cause shown where internal PQME consulted unnamed cardiologist but refused to disclose identity, preventing applicant discovery; additional panel necessary for due process and substantial evidence
From the decision · page 2Petitioner is also challenging the finding that an additional panel in the specialty of cardiology is warranted (Finding 4). The finding as to the cardiology panel is an interlocutory finding/order in the decision., and we will apply the removal standard to our review of that issue. (See Gaona, supra.)