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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...
Aug 5, 2025
WCIRB’s Flawed Data Means Higher Premiums for CA Employers
Insurers control the narrative around California’s workers’ compensation—and it’s costing the state’s employers more every year.Annually, the Workers’ Compensation Ins...
Aug 4, 2025
Sedgwick’s Shell Game? 139 CA Employers Exposed
A California workers’ comp physician recently received eight checks totaling $110,858 from Careworks, a vendor affiliated with Third-Party Administrator (TPA) Sedgwick.
Jul 29, 2025
Provider Alert: Coventry's MPN Site Is a Security Joke—and a Legal Disaster
Coventry is brazenly violating California law—and it’s impossible to tell whether it’s the result of astonishing incompetence or outright disregard for basic security and com...
Jul 16, 2025
Sedgwick: CA Doctors Still Waiting for Purloined PPO Reimbursement
In January, Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. admitted to shortchanging a California orthopedic practice by hundreds of thousands of dollars—thanks to bogus Preferred...
Jun 19, 2025
DWC Data: Texas Delivers, California Dodges
The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation (TX DWC) and the California Division of Workers’ Compensation (CA DWC) each hold a sacred public trust to oversee the treatment of...
Jun 17, 2025
CA Advances New Med-Legal Law. Will CA DWC Ignore It?
On June 2, the California Assembly unanimously passed Assembly Bill 1293, which aims to improve the state’s Medical-Legal process for resolving disputes between injure...
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...
May 20, 2025
Comp Is a Cash Cow—But CA Insurers Want Higher Rates?
The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB) just voted to ask California’s Insurance Commissioner to increase workers’ comp insurance rates by 11.2%.Tha...
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...
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 ...
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...