california division of workers' compensation

CA SIBTF Paid $725,570 in Med-Legal Costs For a Single Claim

California employers pay four times more in Medical-Legal costs for Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund (SIBTF) claims than for standard workers' comp claims. The ...

CA: Sedgwick Hits 359,626 Violations (and Counting)

Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. is routinely non-compliant with California workers' comp payment laws and regulations. Among its violations: repeatedly faili...

Zurich's MPN Violates CA Law (Again) - Tesla Should Be Asking Questions

To ensure injured workers' access to care, California has laws governing Medical Provider Networks (MPNs). Zurich Insurance North America continues to treat those laws as opt...

CA: Sedgwick's Flagrant Second Review Violations Continue

Third-Party Administrator (TPA) Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. continues to deny California providers’ Second Review appeals at high rates for an incorrect, laugha...

CA Employers Need to Know: Is It the Injury or the UR System?

Last year, California raised employers’ workers' comp premiums by 8.7% while other states continued to cut rates, some for over a decade straight. Across the nation, premiums...

CA: Vast Majority of IBR Requests Involve Interpreter Services

Interpreterservices are vital to California workers’ comp. Unfortunately, Independent Bill Review (IBR) data suggest that interpreters face seriou...

CA: Maximus Indicates "IBR Chicken" Is Real

Maximus, the private company that the state of California contracts to conduct Independent Bill Review (IBR) to resolve workers' comp payment disputes, h...

CA DWC to Enact Useless New UR Regulations

The California Division of Workers’ Compensation (CA DWC) will enact new regulations to (theoretically) streamline authorization for injured workers’ care, effective April 1,...

CA Fee Schedule Update: Physician Services (Q2 2026)

The California Division of Workers’ Compensation (CA DWC) issued a second-quarter update to the Physician and Non-Physician Practitioner Fee Schedule for workers’ compensatio...

CA Pays 155% Medicare. Physicians Get 128%. Where's the Rest?

California's Official Medical Fee Schedule comprises multiple fee schedules governing reimbursement for different categories of workers' comp medical care. Below, we break do...

Join daisyBill at the 2026 CA DWC Annual Conference

The second round of the California Division of Workers’ Compensation (CA DWC)’s 2026 Educational Conference takes place on March 19 and 20 in Los Angeles.

CA: March 1st Physician Fee Schedule Increases

A reminder for California providers: reimbursement increases for the workers’ comp Physician and Non-Physician Practitioner Fee Schedule become effective for all dates of ser...