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IMRInfant Mortality Rate (usually measured per thousand live births)
IMRInstitute of Marine Research
IMRInstitute of Management & Research (India)
IMRIndependent Medical Review
IMRInternational Meshing Roundtable (Sandia National Laboratories; est. 1992)
IMRIndividual Medical Readiness
IMRInstitute for Materials Research
IMRInterrupt Mask Register
IMRInternet Monthly Report
IMRIllness Management and Recovery
IMRInterest Maintenance Reserve
IMRInspection, Maintenance and Repair (offshore industry)
IMRIndependent Marketing Representative
IMRInitial Margin Requirement (finance)
IMRInformation Management Research, Inc (Englewood, CO)
IMRImproved Military Rifle (smokeless powder type)
IMRInstallation Maintenance and Repair
IMRIntegrated Microscopy Resource
IMRIndustrial Mobile Robotics
IMRInteressengemeinschaft Modellraketen (German: Model Rocket Interest Group)
IMRInternational Morab Registry
IMRInformation Management Requirement (US Army)
IMRInside Mac Radio (podcast)
IMRInterchange Modification Report
IMRInterModulation Ratio
IMRIndependent Medical Reviewers
IMRIntegrated Metadata Repository
IMRIdeo Motor Response
IMRImmediate-Mode Rendering
IMRInternational Medical Recruitment
IMRInitial Modification Request
IMRInner-Most (Cell) Region
IMRInstrument Meteorological (Flight) Conditions
IMRIntermediate Module Repeater
IMRIndividuals/Moving Range (statistics)
IMRIndividual Medical Record
IMRInformation Management Representative
IMRInformation Management Review
IMRIndian Military Review (journal)
IMRIndicated Meter Reading (photography)
IMRInterim Materiel Release
IMRInput Message Review
IMRInert Mine, Resin-Filled
IMRIsthmian Medical Research
IMRInformation Model Repository
IMRInventory Management Record
IMRInspection, Maintenance and Replacement (American Petroleum Institute)
IMRIndependent Medical Researcher
IMRInter-Metallic Reaction
IMRInterrupts Mask Register
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However, there are provisions that allow injured workers who are dissatisfied with their care to change doctors within the network and ultimately to ask for an independent medical review.
Healing workers' comp: a primer on what the reforms mean for businesses
Schwarzenegger, in fact, spent his first week in office in late November introducing an even broader, $11 billion reform package, including establishing more uniform standards in determining permanent/partial disability awards and the use of independent medical review to speed up treatment approvals and reduce litigation costs.
California comp market flirts with chaos
A Midland expert who has conducted an independent medical review of the stun guns says they could provide a safer alternative to conventional firearms.
STUNNING PROGRESS; Halfway through a year-long trial of stun guns by a Midland police force, CAROLINE WHEELER looks at the controversial pilot scheme
For an analysis of the act's early impact, see Institute for Medical Quality, Independent Medical Review Experiences in California, Phase I: Cases of Investigational/Experimental Treatments (2002), at http://www.chcf.org (on file with the Duke Law Journal) (report to the California HealthCare Foundation).
Managed care's Crimea: medical necessity, therapeutic benefit, and the goals of administrative process in health insurance
PLANS FAVOR INDEPENDENT REVIEW Congress should take notice of the successes, that states have had in resolving health care disputes by using independent medical review organizations (IRO), and should encourage their use nationally a study from the American Association of Health Plans says.
PLANS FAVOR INDEPENDENT REVIEW
"For example," he said, "a dispute resolution procedure that relies upon vague guidelines and fuzzy language is a trial lawyer's dream, and will provide no help with reducing fraudulent claims." He promised to give injured workers access to independent medical review panels staffed by experienced and independent physicians who can use evidence based standards to resolve disputes "fast and fairly." He also endorsed permitting appeals regarding medical services, peer review, service utilization and quality assurance to a medical director under the Division of Workers' Compensation and further judicial review with respect to other issues.
Schwarzenegger pumped for reform; California's new governor blasts away at runaway system that costs taxpayers $80 million--more than double the national average--in workers' comp costs annually for every 100,000 workers
They also would have the right to independent medical review for denials of medical care by their health plans, but they would have to exhaust the independent medical-review process before going to court.
House Passes Bush-Favored Patients' Rights Bill
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