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CA Interpreter Service DOUBLES Revenue With Second Review Appeals
Aug 26, 2024
CA Interpreter Service DOUBLES Revenue With Second Review Appeals
For California workers’ comp providers, no billing strategy produces more revenue with less effort than consistently submitting Second Review appeals. This is especial...
WCI 2024 Informs, Educates, Inspires
Aug 22, 2024
WCI 2024 Informs, Educates, Inspires
The Workers’ Compensation Institute (WCI)’s 78th Annual Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference (and 35th Safety and Health Conference) did not disappoint....
daisyNews Top 10 Articles January-June 2024
Aug 22, 2024
daisyNews Top 10 Articles January-June 2024
What mattered most to workers’ comp providers, billers, and other industry pros in the first two quarters of 2024? Let’s take a look at our most-read articles from January th...
CCCSIG Adds Bogus "Expiration Date" to UR Approval
Aug 21, 2024
CCCSIG Adds Bogus "Expiration Date" to UR Approval
Let’s be absolutely clear: in California workers’ comp, treatment authorization does not expire. Once Utilization Review (UR) determines that treatment is authorized, there i...
TPA and Clearinghouse Updates - July 2024
Aug 19, 2024
TPA and Clearinghouse Updates - July 2024
Providers throughout the United States cannot sustainably treat injured workers without reliable, up-to-date billing information for insurers and self-insured employers.<...
Join daisyBill at WCI 2024
Aug 15, 2024
Join daisyBill at WCI 2024
The Workers’ Compensation Institute (WCI) is holding its 78th Annual Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference (and 35th Safety & Health Conference) from August 18 to 21 i...
WCIRB's Shocking Admission About  Workers' Comp Data
Aug 15, 2024
WCIRB's Shocking Admission About Workers' Comp Data
The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB) is the leading data source for California legislators, regulators, and others. But in its 2024 “State of the System”...
Signature Networks Can't Hide Truth About PPOs
Aug 14, 2024
Signature Networks Can't Hide Truth About PPOs
Marketing material from Signature Networks Plus, an organization that peddles access to and membership in Medical Provider Networks (MPNs), crosses the line between awkward c...
Apricus Applies Massive, Invalid PPO Discount for Sedgwick
Aug 13, 2024
Apricus Applies Massive, Invalid PPO Discount for Sedgwick
Specialty network vendor Apricus, acting on behalf of Third-Party Administrator (TPA) Sedgwick, recently applied an invalid Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) discount to ...
WCIRB Smoke & Mirrors Misinform CA Employers, Stakeholders
Aug 12, 2024
WCIRB Smoke & Mirrors Misinform CA Employers, Stakeholders
As daisyNews has long argued (and Workers’ Comp Executive recently pointed out), California has a major problem with how it assesses the challenges of workers' compensation: ...
NY Provider Reminder: Mandatory e-Billing Approaches!
Aug 9, 2024
NY Provider Reminder: Mandatory e-Billing Approaches!
New York State’s Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) is asking providers to be proactive and get ahead of a major impending change: electronic billing will be mandatory by this...
daisyData: CA RFA & Utilization Review 2024 Data
Aug 8, 2024
daisyData: CA RFA & Utilization Review 2024 Data
In California, Utilization Review (UR) is the mandatory process by which claims administrators decide whether or not to approve treatment requests submitted by doctors treati...