OMFS
Apr 9, 2024
DWC Proposes Cutting Physician Dispensing Fees
In February, California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) proposed changes to the Official Medical Fee Schedule (OMFS) for workers’ comp.While there are a slew...
Apr 3, 2024
CA: 2024 Physician Fee Schedule 2.75% Increase Explained
Have trouble keeping up with California’s multiple fee schedule updates this year? It’s not just you. As reported earlier this week, effective for all dates of service...
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Apr 1, 2024
2024 CA Physician Fee Schedule Increases TODAY
California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) issued an update increasing reimbursements for the Physician and Non-Physician Practitioner portion of the Official Medic...
Mar 1, 2024
CA: CorVel Increases PR-2 Payments Following daisyBill Webinar
Workers’ comp is messy. But it works much better when providers, claims admins, employers, and all other stakeholders understand that we’re in this mess togethe...
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Feb 26, 2024
CA Physician Fee Schedule Webinar Replay Available
Last week, hundreds of providers, claims administrators, attorneys, and employers gathered to learn about 2024 updates to California’s Physician Fee Schedule for workers’ com...
Jan 31, 2024
CA OMFS Update: 2024 'WC' Report Billing Codes
California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) announced reimbursement updates to the Physician and Non-Physician Practitioner Services section of the Official M...
Nov 30, 2023
Alert: Sedgwick's Phantom Payment Reductions
Recently, Sedgwick Claims Management Services reduced a daisyBill doctor’s payments to 25% below the amount allowed by the California Physician Fee Schedule. To justify the r...
Jul 10, 2023
CA OMFS Update: Physician Services (Q3 2023)
California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) issued an update to the Physician and Non-Physician Practitioner portion of the Official Medical Fee Schedule (OMFS) for ...
Jun 20, 2023
Medical Director: CA Workers' Comp "Subsidizes Corruption"
Recently, the Medical Director of a large medical group sent an email to daisyBill, explaining their decision to "opt out" of treating injured workers in California. T...
May 30, 2023
Doctor Calls MPN Bluff, Gets 100% OMFS
Recently, a daisyCollect client demonstrated how California providers can shake up — and potentially shake off — the bloated, crippling, and largely illusory Medical Provider...
May 18, 2023
CA Makes Treating Injured Workers Unsustainable
Why are doctors unwilling to treat injured workers?In California, injured workers often struggle to find doctors willing to provide treatment. The main reason for this...
May 17, 2023
SCIF vs Gallagher Bassett: E&M Reimbursement
When evaluated on key metrics such as denial of payments and reimbursement amounts, some claims administrators embody the major issues plaguing the California workers' compen...