WHCS was one of several companies contracted by the WSIB to provide external medical opinions on injured workers at the request of WSIB case managers. “They pressured Dr. Steinnagel over a period of months to reverse her medical opinion on a high-cost case. “We maintain that there is no truth to Dr. Steinnagel’s allegations, and we deny acting wrongfully in any way,” said a WSIB spokeswoman. “To the contrary, Dr. Steinnagel consistently received positive feedback about her performance,” says the reply. WHCS alleges that following that clarification, it “believed it had no practical choice other than to remove Dr. Steinnagel from the WSIB roster.

Source: thestar August 27, 2016 11:48 UTC