California Workers' Comp
Jun 26, 2025
CA RFA Hell: Affirmative Cites the Most Cynical Excuse Yet to Deny Care
What’s the most absurd, bureaucratic, procedurally abusive excuse a claims administrator ever used to deny care to an injured worker?We’ve seen our share of bad-faith ...
Jun 24, 2025
CA OMFS Update: Physician Services (Q3 2025)
California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (CA DWC) issued a third-quarter update to the Physician and Non-Physician Practitioner portion of the Official Medical Fee Sche...
Jun 20, 2025
City of Riverside Pays MD $31 by Triple-Stacking PPOs
This week’s Diabolical Discounter is the City of Riverside. This self-insured public employer slashed a doctor’s reimbursement for a municipal worker’s Evaluation and Managem...
Jun 19, 2025
DWC Data: Texas Delivers, California Dodges
The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation (TX DWC) and the California Division of Workers’ Compensation (CA DWC) each hold a sacred public trust to oversee the treatment of...
Jun 17, 2025
CA Advances New Med-Legal Law. Will CA DWC Ignore It?
On June 2, the California Assembly unanimously passed Assembly Bill 1293, which aims to improve the state’s Medical-Legal process for resolving disputes between injure...
Jun 16, 2025
CA DWC Ignores IBR Law That Protects Doctors
California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (CA DWC) is violating state law daily by failing to timely assign payment disputes to Independent Bill Review (IBR).Maxi...
Jun 13, 2025
Diabolical Discounts: CA Employers Are Getting Ripped Off
In California, doctors who treat injured workers are seeing their revenue collapse due to exploitative discount reimbursement schemes. California Senate Bill 863, whic...
Jun 10, 2025
Report: CA DIR Director Hagen Resigning
According to Workers’ Comp Executive, California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) Director Katrina Hagen is stepping down after five years. The Californ...
Jun 9, 2025
Liberty Mutual Relents After Doctor Shares daisyNews Article
Good things can happen when providers stand up for themselves.Recently, Liberty Mutual and its Third-Party Administrator (TPA), Helmsman, demanded a refund from a Cali...
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Jun 2, 2025
Helmsman & Liberty Mutual Threaten CA Ortho With Collections
Insurer Liberty Mutual and its Third-Party Administrator (TPA), Helmsman Management Services LLC, need to brush up on California law regarding refunds.More importantly...
May 30, 2025
CA Employers: Your Premiums Fuel Private Equity Profits, Not Care
This week’s Diabolical Discount exposes MedRisk—the private equity-backed network infamous for siphoning off provider reimbursements while delivering zero care or services to...
May 20, 2025
Comp Is a Cash Cow—But CA Insurers Want Higher Rates?
The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB) just voted to ask California’s Insurance Commissioner to increase workers’ comp insurance rates by 11.2%.Tha...