California DWC
Feb 23, 2021
Warning: Do Not Accept Credit Cards as Payment
In the past we have written a number of posts (including one about Broadspire) warning providers to not accept credit card payments issued by payers such as claims administra...
Feb 12, 2021
CA OMFS - Reimbursements Reduced for Physician Services
Yesterday, the California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) announced the 2021 reimbursement changes to the Physician Services section of the Official Medical Fee Sched...
Jan 5, 2021
CA DWC: 2021 Fee Schedule Updates as of 1/5/2021
California workers’ comp fee schedules change on a regular basis, though not always on a precise schedule. This article sums up the late 2020 and early 2021 updates thus far ...
Nov 12, 2020
AIG: 11,000+ Violations and Counting
Earlier this year, AIG Claims, Inc. (AIG) made the switch to Carisk as its workers’ compensation electronic clearinghouse. However, and unfortunately, this change had no impa...
Oct 29, 2020
DWC Adopts 11 New Telehealth Service Codes
In a Newsline dated October 27, 2020, the California Division of Workers Compensation (DWC) announced the adoption of the updated Medicare List of Telehealth Services, which ...
Oct 21, 2020
Broadspire Employers: Audit Complaint Filed With DWC
In a recent article, Broadspire Defies CA Law and Denies Appeals Sent by Providers, we described Broadspires’ success in defying California workers’ comp laws without consequ...
Oct 21, 2020
Telehealth: CMS Medicare Adds 11 New Telehealth Services
Effective 10/14/2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (aka “CMS” or “Medicare”) added 11 new services to the List of Telehealth Services that Medicare will reimb...
Oct 14, 2020
CA OMFS: Physician Services Fee Schedule Update Effective 10/1/2020
A new order from the Administrative Director of California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) updates the Physician and Non-Physician Practitioner Services portion of ...
Oct 7, 2020
Gallagher Bassett: Audit Complaint Filed With DWC
In a previous article, we demonstrated how Gallagher Bassett ignores the California-mandated workers’ comp Official Medical Fee Schedule (OMFS). Gallagher Bassett also ignore...
May 18, 2020
Audio-Only Telehealth Now Permitted in CA - Part 3
This is the third of our series on retroactive telehealth rule changes announced by the California Department of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) on 5/12/2020. Today we focus on t...
May 15, 2020
CA: Substantial Telehealth Reimbursement Increase for Workers' Comp - Part 2
This is the second of our series on retroactive telehealth rule changes announced by the California Department of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) on 5/12/2020. Today we focus on ...
May 14, 2020
California Retroactively Changes Telehealth Reimbursement - Part 1
On 5/7/2020 the California Division of Workers’ Comp (DWC) Administrative Director, George P. Parisotto, issued a new Order with retroactive changes to the reimbursement calc...