It's been another great year of sharing news and insights, reporting critical data, and calling out the injustices of the workers' comp system here on daisyNews.

As is our custom, let's look back at 2025 and highlight the stories that resonated most with our readers.

Through daisyNews, we aim to help providers navigate the complexities of treating injured workers. We also shine a light on systemic failures and abuses that drive providers from the system and degrade injured workers’ access to care.

Our goal is to contribute to workers' comp education, efficiency, and accountability, because when providers cannot sustainably treat injured workers, everyone loses.

Our thanks go to the providers, billers, employers, attorneys, claims administrators, and others who find value in our work, especially those who commented on our articles. That includes those with whom we have differences of opinion; fixing this system requires open and vigorous dialogue, regardless of where we stand.

Below, see the ten articles that hit hardest this year.

Top 10 Articles: daisyNews 2025

1. What Employers Choose When They Choose Sedgwick Sedgwick, the nation’s largest workers’ comp Third-Party Administrator (TPA), undermines injured workers’ treatment and discourages doctors from participating in the system. Employers, your employees deserve better.

2. New Dept. of Labor (DOL) Billing Requirements The DOL made important changes to its requirements for acceptable workers’ comp bills. Failure to adhere to those requirements will likely result in payment denial; get up to speed with our breakdown.

3. Diabolical Discounts: Long Beach Pays Doctor $32 to Treat Injured Employee A public employer combined Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) discounts from Coventry and MultiPlan to pay a doctor at 22% of the fee schedule rates, showing how California’s discount-peddling industry drives reimbursement down to unsustainable levels.

4. An Open Letter to CHSWC re: UR Abuse (cc: Governor Newsom) Payers are abusing California’s Utilization Review system, delaying and denying necessary care for injured workers. Our open letter sounds the alarm that the California Division of Workers’ Compensation (CA DWC) fails to regulate this broken system.

5. NY: Add CPT 99080 Charge to Offset e-Billing Cost To make it financially easier for practices to comply with New York’s e-billing mandate, the Workers’ Compensation Board allows providers to charge up to $1 per e-bill to cover the cost of electronic submission. Our guide lays out the details.

6. CA Physical Therapist Pushes Back: Providers Not the “Bad Guys” As payer-friendly pundits accuse providers of scheming to overcharge for injured workers’ treatment, the facts suggest the opposite: entities like MedRisk are using aggressive (and potentially illegal) tactics to drive reimbursement rates into the dirt.

7. MedRisk’s 2025 Industry Trends Report: Every Accusation Is a Confession MedRisk asserts that providers are consolidating and finding ways to hike reimbursement. Over in the real world, it’s entities like MedRisk and its private equity overlords who are merging and acquiring their way to obscene profit at the expense of providers and injured workers.

8. Labor: “Predatory” Sedgwick Is “a Menace to Workers” Union reps tell it like it is, passing an official resolution condemning America’s largest TPA for its abuse, disrespect, and mistreatment of injured workers. Sedgwick: making friends everywhere they go!

9. Gallagher Bassett Threatens Provider Over daisyNews "Slander”? It’s hard to fathom, but not everyone loves every one of our articles. Read our response when word reached us that a major TPA was reportedly hassling a doctor over bill cover sheets featuring the latest daisyNews.

10. FL: Major Physician Reimbursement Increase Takes Effect Florida gave its physicians a (very) significant bump in reimbursement, jacking rates from just 110% to 175% of Medicare rates. Plus, the state announced significant increases for surgery and expert testimony.

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