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Sedgwick Stiffs Doctors, County of LA Taxpayers Pick Up the Tab
May 12, 2025
Sedgwick Stiffs Doctors, County of LA Taxpayers Pick Up the Tab
Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. has made it a business practice to defy California workers’ compensation laws, and public entities like the County of ...
Helmsman Makes Ransom Demand for Refund Request (Part 3)
May 27, 2025
Helmsman Makes Ransom Demand for Refund Request (Part 3)
Helmsman Management Services, LLC, a Third-Party Administrator (TPA), has refused to process a Second Review appeal submitted by a California physician who treated an ...
CA DWC Ignores IBR Law That Protects Doctors
Jun 16, 2025
CA DWC Ignores IBR Law That Protects Doctors
California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (CA DWC) is violating state law daily by failing to timely assign payment disputes to Independent Bill Review (IBR).Maxi...
CA DWC: Routinely Violating IBR Law - Failing to Protect Doctors
Aug 12, 2025
CA DWC: Routinely Violating IBR Law - Failing to Protect Doctors
Statewide records show that the California Division of Workers’ Compensation (CA DWC) routinely and brazenly violates a critical law legislators put in place to protect provi...
CA DWC Ignores Law and Leaves Ortho Practice Unpaid
Aug 19, 2025
CA DWC Ignores Law and Leaves Ortho Practice Unpaid
In California, when a provider pays $195 to request Independent Bill Review (IBR) to dispute an incorrect payment, the California Division of Workers’ Compensation (CA DWC) h...
IBR Chicken: ESIS Denies Common CPT Codes as "Invalid"
Sep 3, 2025
IBR Chicken: ESIS Denies Common CPT Codes as "Invalid"
Third-Party Administrator (TPA) ESIS’s apparent lack of basic knowledge about California workers’ comp billing should concern insurers like Safety National Casualty Corporati...