Billing Education

Download Our CA Injured Worker Intake Form [New and Updated]
Jun 20, 2019
Download Our CA Injured Worker Intake Form [New and Updated]
Easy workers’ comp billing starts with a thorough intake process.California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has strict billing and payment guidelines. For pr...
CA Payors Put the Squeeze on Providers (Again)
Jun 13, 2019
CA Payors Put the Squeeze on Providers (Again)
In California, box 1a of the CMS 1500 billing form is for the injured worker’s Social Security Number (SSN). When the claims administrator insists the provider populate box 1...
Alert: More Unreasonable Physician Reporting Demands
May 17, 2019
Alert: More Unreasonable Physician Reporting Demands
When it comes to billing complications, some California payers are demanding documentation for time-based procedure codes; a demand that is unsubstantiated by California work...
9 Minute How-To: Geographic Practice Cost Indices (GPCIs)
Mar 29, 2019
9 Minute How-To: Geographic Practice Cost Indices (GPCIs)
Confused by the 2019 introduction of Geographic Practice Cost Indices (GPCIs) to Physician Services reimbursements?In just nine minutes you will know the reason Fresno...
4 Minute How-To: Employer Responsibilities in California Workers' Comp
Mar 18, 2019
4 Minute How-To: Employer Responsibilities in California Workers' Comp
Watch the second installment in DaisyBill’s free educational video series on workers’ compensation billing.This short video explains the different ways that an employe...
6 Minute How-To: Completing a CMS 1500 for California Workers’ Comp
Mar 8, 2019
6 Minute How-To: Completing a CMS 1500 for California Workers’ Comp
DaisyBill is all about making workers’ comp billing easier and more understandable. To that end, we launched a new video series aimed at mastering the ins and outs of this co...
Assistant at Surgery: All You Need to Know
Mar 4, 2019
Assistant at Surgery: All You Need to Know
Last week, we opened Pandora’s box on co-surgeons and team surgery. Notably left in the box was a discussion on assistant(s) at surgery. Typically this arises when physicians...
Co-Surgery vs. Team Surgery: All You Need to Know
Feb 26, 2019
Co-Surgery vs. Team Surgery: All You Need to Know
Surgery in workers’ compensation cases opens a Pandora’s box: reserves go up, nurse case managers get involved, and surgeons need to justify every detail of their billing to ...
Reminder: Timely Bills Are Mandatory
Feb 14, 2019
Reminder: Timely Bills Are Mandatory
Late bills will not be paid. Period. Timely billing has been in effect in California workers’ compensation since January 1, 2017, but we still see providers missing th...
Location-Based Adjustments (GPCIs) Now in Effect for California, as of January 1, 2019
Jan 30, 2019
Location-Based Adjustments (GPCIs) Now in Effect for California, as of January 1, 2019
For better or worse, location-based adjustments are here for California workers’ comp. Find out how they impact reimbursements in 2019. As our preliminary calculations...
Good-bye CPT 96101 and CPT 96102
Jan 23, 2019
Good-bye CPT 96101 and CPT 96102
For 2019 beloved psychological testing codes 96101 and 96102 have vanished.   Effective for dates of service on or after January 1, 2019, the Medicine/Central Nervous ...
The 5 Point Checklist for CPT Codes 99358 and 99359
Nov 18, 2018
The 5 Point Checklist for CPT Codes 99358 and 99359
Changes have been made to the California OMFS since the publication of this article. Be sure to see the latest analyses here and here.2021 OMFS updates drastically cha...