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Feb 25, 2025
Berkley Technology Underwriters & Carisk Reject Valid CA e-Bills
Berkley Technology Underwriters (BTU) and its clearinghouse vendor, Carisk, have created a bureaucratic circus that defies logic. Because of an inexplica...
Feb 24, 2025
CA: IBR Fee Increase - DWC Web Page Lists Wrong Amount
In 2025, California providers must pay more to file for Independent Bill Review (IBR) to dispute improper reimbursements from payers, due to an increased IBR filing fee. ...
Feb 21, 2025
Data: Workers' Comp Slowest Payers 2024
Workers’ compensation should be about healing and recovery. Yet, administrative friction can shift the focus from treating injured workers to navigating the quagmire o...
Feb 20, 2025
Colorado: Mandatory Workers' Comp e-Billing Begins in 2026
Treating injured workers will soon be easier, faster, and more financially sustainable in Colorado. The state will implement mandatory electronic billing (e-billing) f...
Feb 19, 2025
Data: Workers' Comp Fastest Payers 2024
No provider who treats injured workers should wait months for payment. And yet, payment delays plague the system—except where efficiency and technological competence reign.
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Feb 18, 2025
Sedgwick's Botched Bot Tortures Providers
Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc., is one of the nation’s largest workers’ comp claims administrators, processing a huge volume of injured workers’ medical bills.
Feb 14, 2025
CA Audit Complaint: Prime Administrators Fails to Accept e-Bills
Prime Administrators, a Third-Party Administrator (TPA), has been blatantly non-compliant with California workers' comp billing and payment requirements for the last f...
Feb 13, 2025
Physician Shortages and Workers' Comp: Conflicting Data
The Workers’ Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) recently released an in-depth study examining the impact of the national provider shortage on workers' compensation. The s...
Feb 12, 2025
CA OMFS: Additional 2025 Pathology, Clinical Lab Fee Schedule Update
The California Division of Workers’ Compensation (CA DWC) issued an additional update to the Pathology and Clinical Laboratory portion of the Official Medical Fee Schedule (O...
Feb 11, 2025
NYSIF Wants Your Big Ideas for Workers' Comp
The New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF) wants to innovate its workers’ compensation approach and seeks input from anyone or any entity with transformative ideas, including ...
Feb 10, 2025
PA Workers' Comp Newsletter & Conference Keep Providers Informed
The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) and its Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) are making commendable efforts to keep the state’s workers’ comp communi...
Feb 7, 2025
NY Workers' Comp Board: 6 e-Billing Tips For NY Providers
The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) recently held a free live webinar for New York providers on billing electronically (e-billing) for injured workers’ treat...