The claimant sought a determination that his impairments were outside of the MIG and entitlement to various medical benefits and costs of examinations. As a preliminary issue, the claimant requested to know the number of reports that each of the IE assessors had provided to the respondent for the last three years and the cost of each report. Adjudicator Paluch denied the claimant’s request for production. He failed to see how information about how many times a particular assessor has been retained by an insurer or how much the report cost would be relevant in assisting the claimant in satisfying that his injuries are not minor or that the proposed treatments are reasonable and necessary. The more appropriate forum to impugn the objectivity of an expert is at a live hearing, not a written preliminary issue hearing.
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