California DWC
Jul 11, 2023
California DWC - Division of Wretched Compensation
Immediately after an employee reports a work-related injury, the employer’s claims administrator is allotted up to 90 days to accept or reject liability for the reported inju...
Jul 10, 2023
CA OMFS Update: Physician Services (Q3 2023)
California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) issued an update to the Physician and Non-Physician Practitioner portion of the Official Medical Fee Schedule (OMFS) for ...
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Jun 28, 2023
Does DWC 1 Form Violate CA Law?
Workers’ comp is often described as a “Grand Bargain” between employers and employees. The bargain terms are simple: employees cannot sue their employers for work-related inj...
Jun 27, 2023
DWC to Injured Workers: Beg or Pay For Your Care
A close reading of an official Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) document reveals something that should sincerely disgust every California employer, employee, health ca...
Jun 20, 2023
Medical Director: CA Workers' Comp "Subsidizes Corruption"
Recently, the Medical Director of a large medical group sent an email to daisyBill, explaining their decision to "opt out" of treating injured workers in California. T...
Jun 15, 2023
DWC Repeatedly Violates CA IBR Law
California fails to maintain a workers’ comp environment that’s fair and navigable for providers (you know, the people who treat the injured workers). Prime example: the Divi...
Jun 12, 2023
DWC Physician Resources From CCWC Conference
The California Coalition on Workers’ Compensation (CCWC) held its annual conference in Anaheim last week. daisyBill was there — and so were representatives from the Californi...
May 31, 2023
CA Biller Shares Work Comp Payment Torture
At daisyNews, we write a lot about the reimbursement abuse inflicted on California workers’ comp providers. It can seem almost unbelievable how difficult it can be for provid...
May 15, 2023
SCIF Makes Mockery of IBR and the DWC
Yet again, we face another appalling round of "IBR Chicken,” the game in which a claims administrator refuses to shell out a dime to a California provider for services render...
Apr 27, 2023
Sedgwick Racks Up 79,318 DWC Audit Complaints
Third-Party Administrator (TPA) Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. continues to ignore California workers’ comp billing regulations with impunity.Currently, Sed...
Apr 10, 2023
MPNs: CA Assembly Bill 1278 Guarantees Delayed Care
California Assembly Bill 1278, apparently designed to improve the disastrous Medical Provider Network (MPN) system, is nothing but a continued abdication of California...
Apr 5, 2023
Defense Attorney: "MPNs Benefit No One"
An attorney who represents workers’ comp payers felt compelled to share his viewpoint on Medical Provider Networks (MPNs) with daisyBill. His take: MPNs are useless to employ...