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Apr 24, 2024
The Hartford Reimbursement Goose Chase
California workers’ comp is losing doctors. The underlying issues are manifold, from payer non-compliance to network discount schemes to Medical Provider Network (MPN) chaos....
May 8, 2024
Costco/Helmsman: Improper $5K Payment Denial
For California physicians, too much time, effort, and revenue are at stake to accept ludicrous payment denials for Medical-Legal evaluations. Unfortunately, California...
May 29, 2024
CA Provider Warning: P&S vs Med-Legal Reports
This is an essential report warning for California providers. A Permanent and Stationary (PR-4) report and a Medical-Legal evaluation report are not interchangeable. Before i...
May 31, 2024
CA Appeals: Sutter Health Pays for Frankenreport
In our previous article, daisyNews detailed how Sutter Health authorized a California provider to create a strange combination of a Permanent and Stationary (P&S) report and ...
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Jun 5, 2024
Gallagher Bassett Denies Bill, Spews Nonsense, Ignores Appeal
Welcome to California workers’ comp, where a claims administrator’s legal obligation to timely pay providers’ bills is more a matter of theory than practice.Safe from ...
Jun 17, 2024
CA DWC: Claims Administrators' IBR Wingman
In California, claims administrators can expect little or no repercussions for failing to comply with workers’ comp payment laws and regulations. Meanwhile, the Divisi...
Oct 3, 2024
Travelers Defies IBR, Shorts CA QME
How many ways can an insurer violate workers’ comp payment laws, regulations, and rules on a single bill?Travelers may have set the benchmark by refusing to correctly ...
Oct 9, 2024
Payers Deny 48% of CA Physician's Bills
Attention California providers: it is extremely difficult to obtain reimbursement when you treat or provide services to an injured worker, because the Division of Work...