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Aug 9, 2017
Reminder: Secondary Treating Physician Reports Not Payable
Last month in this space, we covered reimbursement for the DWC Form PR-2, or the primary treating physician’s progress report. Since that time, we’ve received a number of que...
Nov 17, 2014
Broadspire Credit Card Payments, Part II
I previously wrote about Broadspire and its practice of paying providers via credit card. Aside from the burdensome cost to providers, we’ve been hearing about ...
May 12, 2017
Lost in the Fax: An Align Networks Contract Investigation
When news broke of the Independent Physical Therapists of California (iPTCA) lawsuit against Align Networks, we were hesitant to judge, but quick to point out that we ...
Jan 16, 2018
SCIF Resolves Glitch Behind Incorrect Work Comp Bill Denials
Several providers recently received incorrect denials of bills from California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF), the state’s largest provider of work comp insurance...
Jun 9, 2017
Align Networks Contract Reveals Source of Surprise Discounts
Last month in this space, we analyzed a few of the potential pitfalls of signing a discount contract with Align Networks. Align has been subject to controversy lately – first...
Oct 17, 2017
The Parity Problem: How Work Comp Favors Insurers Over Providers
In disputes over payment in the California workers’ compensation system, insurers have an unfair advantage over providers. At every stage of the billing process, the b...
Jul 21, 2017
Data! CPT 99358 Reimbursement
The 2017 Physician Fee Schedule, officially adopted by the California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) for dates of service on or after March 1, included the introduct...
Feb 23, 2018
VPay Error Impacts Thousands of Sedgwick EORs
VPay, a payment processing company which issues explanation of reviews (EORs) and virtual credit card payments from claims administrators to providers, suffered a technical g...
Dec 19, 2017
Audit Complaints: Work Comp Providers Demanded Compliance in 2017
DaisyBill providers stood firm in demanding timely, correct payments in 2017 by using our Audit Complaints* Tool to report payor noncompliance.We always advocate for c...
Feb 14, 2017
Late Bill Payment? Collect Penalty and Interest.
The passage of Senate Bill 1175 last autumn placed a lot of emphasis on the timely filing of California workers’ comp bills. But what about timely payment? Claims administrat...
Apr 7, 2017
Procedure Code 0232T and Independent Bill Review
Late last month, we examined a particularly intriguing CPT Code – 0232T – as part of our ongoing investigation into when reimbursements are established “By Report.” For certa...
Jul 15, 2016
Workers’ Comp Claims Administrators: Average Days to Payment, 1/1/2016 to 3/31/2016
In the first quarter of 2016, DaisyBill processed over 230,000 bills. In this blog we examine payment speeds for our top 20 claims administrators based on volume.