California DWC
Apr 4, 2023
What CA Doctors Must Know Before Signing a PPO Contract
Preferred Provider Organizations (PPOs) and Medical Provider Networks (MPNs) are causing chaos for California employers, injured workers, and healthcare providers. Tha...
Mar 30, 2023
CA DWC Must Stop Pretending MPNs Work
A real friend tells the truth, even when it’s uncomfortable to hear. As advocates for a better workers’ comp system, we haven’t been shy about pointing out its shortco...
Mar 27, 2023
CA MPN Access Requirements: Real or Mirage?
On paper, an MPN (Medical Provider Network) is simply a group of providers established by an insurer or self-insured employer; injured workers may only seek care from the pro...
Mar 24, 2023
CA OMFS Update: Physician Services (Q2 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 ...
Jan 30, 2023
Med-Legal IBR Data: A Bad Look for Sedgwick & CA
California appears to turn a willfully blind eye to what seems like an abuse of the Independent Bill Review (IBR) system for Medical-Legal disputes.Data ...
Jan 26, 2023
Forbes Fluff Distorts CA Workers' Comp Realities
The good folks at Forbes recently offered California doctors and injured workers a slap in the face, in the form of a political fantasy narrative thinly veiled as an objectiv...
Jan 24, 2023
CA e-EOR Compliance: 2022 Report Card
Not everything in California workers’ comp is complicated. For example: when a provider chooses to bill electronically for medical services, California regulations req...
Jan 5, 2023
Tristar: 8,188 Audit Complaints Filed With CA DWC
Using data generated by over 36,000 electronic bills sent by our provider clients in 2022, daisyBill demonstrates consistent non-compliance with California e-billing regulati...
Dec 14, 2022
Sedgwick's 57,876 Audit Complaints: A Business Practice?
Sedgwick received our open letter, but the Third-Party Administrator (TPA) still missed the memo. Sedgwick administers claims on behalf of insurers and self-insured em...
Dec 14, 2022
Sedgwick Missing e-EORs: 31,906 Audit Complaints Submitted
Sedgwick Claims Management Services is breaking the law. We encourage the California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) to assert its role in upholding workers’ comp law...
Dec 8, 2022
Med-Legal Data: IBR Is the QME/AME's Friend
California workers’ comp presents serious challenges to physicians — and Medical-Legal physicians are no exception. Despite a recently simplified Medical-Legal Fee Sch...
Dec 8, 2022
Providers Respond: How to Fix CA Workers' Comp
In advance of the public meeting recently held by the Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC), daisyBill offered a few suggestions for improving California’s workers’ comp sy...