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Sedgwick Owes Practice Over $570K…Has Paid Just $12K
Apr 2, 2025
Sedgwick Owes Practice Over $570K…Has Paid Just $12K
Readers may recall last year’s daisyNews report on how Third-Party Administrator (TPA) Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. underpaid a California orthopedic provider by...
Sedgwick’s Shell Game: From Coventry to CareWorks, the Chicanery Continues
Apr 10, 2025
Sedgwick’s Shell Game: From Coventry to CareWorks, the Chicanery Continues
Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc., a Third-Party Administrator (TPA), appears to be throwing any available spaghetti at the wall to continue funneling e...
Sedgwick Pays WRONG Fee Schedule Amount (Again, per Annual Tradition)
Apr 24, 2025
Sedgwick Pays WRONG Fee Schedule Amount (Again, per Annual Tradition)
Another fee schedule update, another Sedgwick screw-up. Like clockwork, Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. ignores California's fee schedule updates, shortchang...
What Employers Choose When They Choose Sedgwick
Apr 29, 2025
What Employers Choose When They Choose Sedgwick
When California employers select Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. to manage their workers’ compensation claims, they choose a Third-Party Administrator (TPA) ...
Please Advise: An Open Letter to the CA DWC (cc: CA Attorneys)
May 1, 2025
Please Advise: An Open Letter to the CA DWC (cc: CA Attorneys)
We have a question for California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (CA attorney comments are always welcomed, too): What should a medical practice do in the followi...
Diabolical Discounts: Disney & MultiPlan Take 56% Off Provider's Bill
May 2, 2025
Diabolical Discounts: Disney & MultiPlan Take 56% Off Provider's Bill
Across the nation, providers struggle to treat injured workers without financially damaging their practices. The problem is especially ugly in California, where extreme reimb...
Diabolical Discounts: Long Beach Pays Doctor $32 to Treat Injured Employee
May 9, 2025
Diabolical Discounts: Long Beach Pays Doctor $32 to Treat Injured Employee
Across the nation, providers struggle to treat injured workers without financially damaging their practices. The problem is especially ugly in California, where extrem...
Long Beach Pays CA Doctors Less Than Interpreters (and Plumbers)
May 13, 2025
Long Beach Pays CA Doctors Less Than Interpreters (and Plumbers)
Last week’s Diabolical Discounts revealed that the City of Long Beach paid a doctor just over $32 to treat an injured municipal employee. The article provoked outrage–and com...
Diabolical Discounts: Ralphs Pays MD $44 to Treat Injured Worker
May 16, 2025
Diabolical Discounts: Ralphs Pays MD $44 to Treat Injured Worker
Our weekly “Diabolical Discounts” features the most atrocious examples of the low reimbursements doctors receive for treating California’s injured workers.<...
CA Employers: Your Premiums Fuel Private Equity Profits, Not Care
May 30, 2025
CA Employers: Your Premiums Fuel Private Equity Profits, Not Care
This week’s Diabolical Discount exposes MedRisk—the private equity-backed network infamous for siphoning off provider reimbursements while delivering zero care or services to...