california division of workers' compensation

CA Confirms Nicole Richardson as DWC Director

After serving months as acting Administrative Director (AD) of the California Division of Workers’ Compensation (CA DWC), Nicole Richardson is now officially in charge of the...

Sedgwick Ignores IBR Ruling, Leaves Bill Underpaid

In our experience, Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. isn’t known for consistently paying providers correctly or adhering to California payment laws and regulations. <...

UC Health Doctors Are Unionizing. Can Comp Doctors Unite?

Organizers are pushing hard for the 10,000 or so attending physicians in University of California health systems (UC) to unionize, citing excessive workloads, insufficient st...

NY: WCB Provider Webinar Series Returns August 18

New York’s Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) will host the next installment of its What Providers Need to Know webinar series on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, from 12:00 to 1:00 ...

CA: RAND Finds SB 1160 Had Little Impact on UR

As daisyNews reported previously, California’s Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) paid RAND $300,000 to study the impact of Senate Bill 1160 on Utilization Review (UR),...

CWCI Cumulative Trauma Report: Where’s the Data?

A new report from the California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI) is reverberating across the industry, with the organization purporting to document a shocking rise in ...

CA: West Bend Insurance's EOR Non-Compliance

West Bend Insurance Company (WBIC) is not among the largest payers in our systems, handling less than 500 of our providers’ bills annually. That doesn’t ...

CA: Don’t Waste Your Time on RAND’s UR Study

If California’s Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) had taken $300,000 of taxpayer money, thrown it into a gravel pit, and set it on fire, it would have been only slight...

CA: daisyBill Presents Hard Truths to CHSWC

At a June 26 meeting of California’s Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation (CHSWC), daisyBill Co-founder and CEO Catherine Montgomery detailed some of the...

Sedgwick & Apricus Dispute Leaves Provider Unpaid (Again)

A California provider is missing thousands in reimbursement for authorized treatment due to (another) circular dispute between the Third-Party Administrator (TPA), Sedgwick C...

Liberty Mutual's “Payment Holiday”: A Vacation From CA Law

daisyBill submits millions of bills for injured workers' treatment every year. We've heard every excuse payers can produce for failing to reimburse, but Liberty Mutual just s...

CA Fee Schedule Update: Physician Services (Q3 2026)

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