California DWC
Mar 11, 2025
Liberty Mutual's Ongoing e-EOR Violations Hurt Employers
Liberty Mutual’s ongoing failure to consistently adhere to California workers’ comp regulations should raise concerns for employers and healthcare providers. Despite c...
Mar 5, 2025
CA Farce Alert: $300K to Study Nonexistent UR Data
The California Division of Industrial Relations (DIR) has outdone itself in bureaucratic absurdity—proposing to spend $300,000 on a study without any data to study. In...
Feb 24, 2025
CA: IBR Fee Increase - DWC Web Page Lists Wrong Amount
In 2025, California providers must pay more to file for Independent Bill Review (IBR) to dispute improper reimbursements from payers, due to an increased IBR filing fee. ...
Feb 14, 2025
CA Audit Complaint: Prime Administrators Fails to Accept e-Bills
Prime Administrators, a Third-Party Administrator (TPA), has been blatantly non-compliant with California workers' comp billing and payment requirements for the last f...
Feb 12, 2025
CA OMFS: Additional 2025 Pathology, Clinical Lab Fee Schedule Update
The California Division of Workers’ Compensation (CA DWC) issued an additional update to the Pathology and Clinical Laboratory portion of the Official Medical Fee Schedule (O...
Feb 6, 2025
CA: New Telehealth Billing Requirements for 2025
As part of the updates to the Physician and Non-Physician Practitioner portion of California’s Official Medical Fee Schedule (OMFS) for workers’ comp, the state’s Division of...
Feb 5, 2025
Liberty Mutual: 7,369 Audit Complaints Filed With the CA DWC
Liberty Mutualfails to uphold its obligations to workers’ compensation providers, making it even more challenging for providers to treatinjured workers. All...
Jan 31, 2025
CA: 2025 Physician Fee Schedule Increases Tomorrow!
California providers and staff, here’s an urgent Friday Task: Prepare for increased reimbursements for workers’ compensation physician services.Effective for dates of ...
Jan 27, 2025
CA DWC MPN List Vanishes Again, Again & Again
The California Division of Workers’ Compensation (CA DWC), as we’ve argued (and shown) repeatedly, has long been the poster child for bureaucratic ineptitude. Its handling of...
Jan 23, 2025
2025 CA Physician Fee Schedule Changes
California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (CA DWC) issued an update to the Physician and Non-Physician Practitioner portion of the Official Medical Fee Schedule (OMFS) f...
Jan 22, 2025
CA OMFS: 2025 'WC' Report Billing Codes
California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (CA DWC) recently announced updates to the Physician and Non-Physician Practitioner Services section of the Official Medical Fe...
Jan 8, 2025
CA OMFS 2025: Pathology, Clinical Lab Fee Schedule Update
California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (CA DWC) updated the Pathology and Clinical Laboratory portion of the Official Medical Fee Schedule (OMFS), effective for servi...