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CA Interpreters: Credential Confusion Can Harm Employers and Injured Workers

Millions of California workers speak a primary language other than English. To receive appropriate treatment and benefits in the event of an injury, those workers need to com...

Does CA Workers’ Comp Cause Secondary Psych Injuries?

New research illuminates a serious problem for injured workers: secondary psychological injuries resulting from the sheer hardship of navigating workers’ comp systems....

Bill The Hartford and Get Lowballed by StrataCare

There’s a shamelessness to the ways some payers and vendors try to increase profits by slashing California doctors’ reimbursements for treating injured workers.Claims ...

NY: WCB Will No Longer Accept Claim Documents via Fax

The New York Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) is continuing its efforts to modernize the state’s workers’ comp system and leave outdated technology behind.Effective A...

CA's "Cost Control" Mechanisms May Be the Most Expensive Parts of the Claim

Employers in California pay more for workers' comp coverage than in almost every other state, and the gap is widening. In our view, thereason isn't provider or ...

NJ Bill Would Exclude Undocumented Workers From Comp Benefits

Some New Jersey legislators want to exclude undocumented immigrants from workers’ comp benefits, a move that could create serious administrative complications for providers w...

Join daisyBill at the 2026 EWC&R Conference

One of California's most consequential workers' comp conferences is around the corner. daisyBill will be there.The Executives in Workers' Comp & Risk (EWC&R) Co...

TX Reminder: Workers' Comp Reimbursements Higher in 2026

Texas providers treating injured workers: make sure payers are reimbursing your practice at the 2026 Medical Fee Guideline rates!Providers and billers should review th...

CA's Fee Schedule Increase Was a Raise for PPOs, Not So Much for Physicians

The California Division of Workers’ Compensation (CA DWC) raised Physician Fee Schedule rates effective March 1, 2026. The agency increased the Conversion Factor used to calc...

CA Pays 155% Medicare. Physicians Get 128%. Where's the Rest?

California's Official Medical Fee Schedule comprises multiple fee schedules governing reimbursement for different categories of workers' comp medical care. Below, we break do...

As Most States Cut Comp Rates, CA Raised Them. That Makes No Sense.

Last year, California hit employers with an 8.7% increase in workers' comp premium rates. Meanwhile, almost every other state is cutting rates, in some cases, for more than a...

Join daisyBill at the 2026 CA DWC Annual Conference

The second round of the California Division of Workers’ Compensation (CA DWC)’s 2026 Educational Conference takes place on March 19 and 20 in Los Angeles.