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Shelmire, Darryl

DARRYL SHELMIRE, Applicant vs. KINECTA FEDERAL CREDIT UNION; AFFINITY INSURANCE, administered by GALLAGHER BASSETT, Defendants

ADJ number
ADJ9218482
Decision date
Date unavailable
District office
Oxnard
WCJ
William M. Carero
Claim administrator
Gallagher Bassett (administering Affinity Insurance)
Commissioners
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Injury / body parts: lumbar spine, left shoulder, left wrist, left knee, psyche

CCR §9792.5.5CCR §9792

Summary

Darryl Shelmire sustained industrial injuries on June 8, 2012 while working as a mortgage loan consultant for Kinecta Federal Credit Union to his lumbar spine, left shoulder, left wrist, left knee, and psyche. On May 18, 2023, the WCJ awarded reimbursement of the lien of treating physician Edwin Haronian, M.D. The defendant petitioned for reconsideration, arguing that the lien claimant's failure to request second bill review (SBR) under CCR 9792.5.5 in response to defendant's explanations of review (EOBs) required that the bills be deemed satisfied. The WCAB denied reconsideration, adopting the WCJ's reasoning that EOBs disallowing charges based on lack of medical necessity (allowing 'zero' payment) do not trigger the SBR requirement because no 'amount of payment' was actually disputed, and that defendants cannot use the EOB process to re-litigate the reasonableness/necessity of treatment after authorizing it or failing to contest it through UR.

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