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 through June.

As always, data-based insights and analyses made the list. But just as popular were stories illustrating the abandonment of providers by California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC), which can’t stop offering fresh examples of the agency’s increasingly apparent commitment to defending payers at the expense of injured workers and the providers who treat them.

Also, there was one about a zany conspiracy theory involving daisyNews that’ll have you reaching for the nearest tinfoil hat.

We deeply appreciate your readership and the comments and emails many of you have shared with us this year so far. Keep it up! Together, we are stronger.

Below, take a look at the Top 10 articles we published in January through June, and we’ll keep providing the workers’ comp news, guides, and analyses you won’t find anywhere else.

daisyNews: Top 10 Articles January-June 2024

Below are the 10 most-read daisyNews articles published from January to August 2024.

1. Sedgwick: 49% of Appeals Incorrectly Denied
   Between 2021 and 2023, Sedgwick improperly denied over 20,000 valid Second Review appeals as so-called “duplicates” of the original bills in question. We have reported this consistent practice by Sedgwick to the DWC with formal Audit Complaints. The DWC has done nothing.
   
2. Free Claims Admin Info & Data Empowers Providers
   In a confusing, convoluted workers’ comp billing environment, reliable information is a provider’s most valuable resource for ensuring correct (and quick) payment. In a brief video, we outline the free information available on our Claims Administrator Directory, from contact information to compliance rates and more.
   
3. daisyNews Reader Exposes Vast Conspiracy
   What do space aliens, Bigfoot, and Elvis have in common with your favorite workers’ comp billing blog? Strap in—we’re diving deep into the rabbit hole in response to one readers’ revelations about what’s really going on at daisyNews.
   
4. CorVel Adjuster & Attorney Ignore CA Law (Part 1)
   After CorVel failed to pay for authorized services, a provider reached out for answers. In response, a CorVel adjuster and attorney displayed levels of unprofessionalism and incompetence that can only be described as cringeworthy.
   
5. CA DWC Deletes Med-Legal FAQ From Website
   Once again, accurate information is key to every provider’s ability to bill smoothly and successfully. Unfortunately, the DWC is actually making it harder for providers to find out what they need to know—including deleting critical FAQs on Medical-Legal billing from its website.
   
6. Sedgwick Stiffs Doctors With Outdated Fee Schedule Rates
   Year after year without fail, Sedgwick takes a little too long updating its payments to reflect fee schedule increases. Worse, Sedgwick’s well-established habit of improperly denying Second Review appeals means that providers face an uphill battle to get paid correctly by this consistently non-compliant company.
   
7. daisyData: Fastest and Slowest Payers
   On average, daisyBill clients get paid for treating injured workers in less than 9 days—but some claims administrators reimburse faster than others. See which claims administrators are likely to drag their feet, and which will get your bills out of Accounts Receivable in a flash.
   
8. Sedgwick (and the DWC) Ignore Providers' Appeals
   First, Sedgwick shorted providers by failing to apply a fee schedule increase to its reimbursement amounts. Then, Sedgwick pulled its signature stunt of denying the subsequent Second Review appeals as “duplicate bills.” The DWC is well aware, and refuses to take action.
   
9. CA Payment Denial Rates - Top 20 Claims Administrators
   To get a sense of how difficult it is to simply get paid for treating injured workers in California, see these disturbing numbers. With claims administrators refusing to pay huge numbers of providers’ bills, reflexive (and improper) denials are a serious problem—and providers must be ready to file appeals.
   
10. Provider Alert! New 2024 TRPN DirectPay Scheme
    Three Rivers Provider Network (TRPN) is at it again, mailing checks to practices that, if deposited, supposedly lock the provider into a discount reimbursement agreement. This company has been repeatedly investigated for a string of scams—so instruct your staff to be on the lookout!
    

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