DARTON INTERNATIONAL, INC.; HIl, in liquidation, CALIFORNIA INSURANCE GUARANTEE ASSOCIATION, administered by INTERCARE INSURANCE SERVICES; STATE COMPENSATION INSURANCE FUND, JAMES PALMORE, WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIAJAMES PALMORE, Applicant,vs.DARTON INTERNATIONAL, INC.; HIH, in liquidation, CALIFORNIA INSURANCE GUARANTEE ASSOCIATION, administered by INTERCARE INSURANCE SERVICES; STATE COMPENSATION INSURANCE FUND, Defendant(s).Case No. ADJ2464749 (SDO 0307976)OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING PETITIONS FOR RECONSIDERATION AND DECISION AFTER RECONSIDERATION Defendants, State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF) and California Insurance Guarantee Association (CIGA), both seek reconsideration of the “Arbitration Decision and Findings and Order” of February 17, 2009, in which the workers’ compensation arbitrator (WCA) found, in relevant part, that CIGA is entitled to reimbursement of $15,000.00 from SCIF, and that CIGA shall take nothing on its claim for bill review costs. SCIF’s petition for reconsideration contends, in substance, that CIGA has the burden of proof, that medical treatment must be reasonable and necessary, and that CIGA offered no evidence that Dr. Wu’s treatment was reasonable and necessary. CIGA’s petition for reconsideration contends, in substance, that the WCA erred in disallowing CIGA’s medical management and bill review costs, because such costs are properly construed as “cost containment expenses” and should be awarded as reimbursable medical expenses within the meaning of Labor Code section 5500.5. SCIF filed an answer to CIGA’s petition for reconsideration. We begin by noting that on page 3 of his Opinion on Decision, the WCA stated that “CIGA was unable to produce actual billing records for the visits that they had paid and consequently , neither the parties nor the Arbitrator were able to review or evaluate the reasonableness or basis of the billing charges per sess
