Franz v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office

Opinion by

Judge RICHMAN.

In this workers' compensation action, claimant, Vincent S. Franz, seeks review of the final order of the Industrial Claim Appeals Office, affirming the order of the administrative law judge (ALJ) who affirmed the Director's medical utilization review (MUR) order directing a change of treating physician and found that no physicians appointed to claimant's MUR committee had any disqualifying conflicts of interest. We conclude that the review process did not violate claimant's rights to due process and that no disqualifying conflict exists under the applicable rule.…