California DWC
Jun 30, 2025
Sedgwick: Non-Compliant Bulk Payments From Careworks (Part 1)
In California, claims administrators—and apparently, Preferred Provider Organizations (PPOs)—are effectively free to create their own payment rules. A provider submitt...
Jun 24, 2025
CA OMFS Update: Physician Services (Q3 2025)
California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (CA DWC) issued a third-quarter update to the Physician and Non-Physician Practitioner portion of the Official Medical Fee Sche...
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...
Jun 10, 2025
Report: CA DIR Director Hagen Resigning
According to Workers’ Comp Executive, California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) Director Katrina Hagen is stepping down after five years. The Californ...
Jun 3, 2025
Workers’ Comp Has a Serious Data Problem
Anyone who’s been hurt at work (or treated an injured worker) knows that the workers' comp system is in crisis. To fix it, stakeholders need reliable, verifiable data—but tha...
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...
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May 8, 2025
Helmsman Botches NBC Injury Claim—Underpays Doctor, Demands Refund Anyway (Part 2)
As daisyNews reported yesterday, Helmsman Management Services, LLC attempted to claw back payment from a California provider for plainly bogus reasons. We debunked those reas...