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Chris R. Alcala of Los Angeles has filed a petition for class action against California’s State Fund Compensation Insurance Fund for mispaying for interpreting services. According to the petition, SCIF paid $45 — instead of the mandatory $90 fee required by the Office Medical Fee Schedule for the first two hours of service — in approximately 15,000 injured workers cases.

Members of the class include interpreting agencies and interpreters, who provided services for injured workers at medical facilities whose employers had insurance coverage written by SCIF.

In a majority of the cases, the medical provider was authorized to hire an interpreter. Upon submission of invoices, SCIF refused to pay the minimum required $90 for the first two hours or “market rate,” the petition states.

SCIF was unavailable for comment by press time.

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