How many Independent Medical Evaluations in a given year?

Question

I am trying to find out how many Independent Medical Evaluations are conducted for insurance defense (workers comp, general liability, disability, and auto) in Pennsylvania in a given year. Any idea how I can find this number out? I'm wondering if I should call the workers comp board or various insurance companies, I'm not sure.

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

That will not be public information. When insurance companies order an IME the information is typically part of their work file which is private. We do not have to report it in to any public database. The insurance companies probably do not track closely and will not share even if they have the number. I would say that is an unattainable statistic.

Answer 2

I doubt that any state board tracks this information. Seems to me you would probably have to contact each insurance company and odds are they are not going to share their data with you.