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6. CLAIMS ADMIMSTRATION: The Administrator shall comply with all performance standards of the City's excess insurer. The Administrator shall also comply with the Administrator's Workers' Compensation Claims Administration Standards, but under no circumstances are they to be construed as having precedence over the performance standards of the City's excess insurer. The Administrator shall also have the authority and responsibility to provide claims administration services, which include: A. Establishing an electronic claim file and computer database record upon receipt of an injury report, B. Setting and updating reserves. C. Initiating and maintaining contact with injured workers or their attorneys. D. Arranging for investigation. E. Determining compensability, P. Preparing and issuing benefit notices, if applicable. G. Arranging for medical treatment and medical services from clinics, facilities, pharmacies, hospitals, specialists, and other vendors as necessary. H. Performing all utilization review services through MedReview, communicating decisions to approve, modify, delay or deny medical treatment in accordance with State law. I. Monitoring disability status by reviewing medical reports and contacting doctors for updates. J. Auditing and reviewing all medical bills through MedReview and paying all properly adjusted medical bills in a timely and accurate manner. K. Paying mileage or medical reimbursements to injured. workers. L. Paying temporary disability compensation when appropriate to do so or advising the City of the need to adjust payroll records when salary continuation is applicable. M. Arranging medical exams in conformance with State law to determine whether an injured worker's medical condition is permanent and stationary (reached Maximum Medical Improvement/MMI) and what, if any, permanent disability exists. N. Paying the permanent disability compensation in accordance with the law. O. Arranging for attorney representation of the City whenever the need arises subject to final approval of the City. P. Monitoring attorneys and assisting them in preparing cases. Q. Auditing and paying legal expenses subject to authorization of payment by the City. R, Arranging for vocational rehabilitation services when appropriate, monitoring vocational rehabilitation consultants and assisting them as necessary. S. Auditing and paying vocational rehabilitation expenses. T. Attending all hearings that are required by law or where requested by the City. U. Preparing and issuing Vocational Rehabilitation/Supplemental Job Displacement Benefits (SJDB) notices. V. Preparing and issuing the permanent disability compensation notices. W. Pursuing subrogation when there is a viable third party subject to authorization by the City. X. Notifying the City and excess insurers of all claims which exceed or may exceed the self- insurance retention; maintaining a liaison among the City and their excess insurers on matters affecting the handling of such claims and arranging for reimbursement to the City of losses in excess of its self-insurance retention. Y. Obtaining settlement authority from the City and negotiating settlement on appropriate claims. Z. Closing claim files when appropriate to do so, AA. Participating when necessary in the interactive process or other medical legal assessments which may affect open claims. BB. Participate fully in any audit performed by the City or by a third party of the City.