California DWC

CA: 2024 Physician Fee Schedule 2.75% Increase Explained
Apr 3, 2024
CA: 2024 Physician Fee Schedule 2.75% Increase Explained
Have trouble keeping up with California’s multiple fee schedule updates this year? It’s not just you. As reported earlier this week, effective for all dates of service...
WCIRB: By Insurers, For Insurers
Mar 28, 2024
WCIRB: By Insurers, For Insurers
The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Ratings Bureau (WCIRB) is one of the most influential organizations guiding the decisions of legislators, regulators, and other stakeholde...
2024 CA Physician Fee Schedule Changes
Feb 2, 2024
2024 CA Physician Fee Schedule Changes
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 ...
Sedgwick Is Only Getting Worse
Jan 24, 2024
Sedgwick Is Only Getting Worse
When regulators allow payers to disregard workers’ compensation laws and regulations with impunity, providers cannot help but view the system as rigged against ...
DWC's New MPN List Helps No One
Oct 30, 2023
DWC's New MPN List Helps No One
California’s Medical Provider Network (MPN) system is an unmitigated disaster — and the latest “solution” from the Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) is laughable in its...
Obituary: Major CA Practice Quits Workers' Comp Treatment
Oct 4, 2023
Obituary: Major CA Practice Quits Workers' Comp Treatment
RIP RehabOne Medical Group, 2004-2023California workers’ comp will lose a pillar of the provider community, effective at the close of this year. RehabOne will have pro...
SCIF Inept UR #6: Non-MTUS Guidelines Strike Again
Sep 29, 2023
SCIF Inept UR #6: Non-MTUS Guidelines Strike Again
Once again, State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF) and EK Health denied surgery for an injured worker by citing unadopted, alternative treatment guidelines outside of Calif...
FYI: Inaccurate DWC IBR Form May Cost Your Practice
Sep 14, 2023
FYI: Inaccurate DWC IBR Form May Cost Your Practice
California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has strict and specific requirements for providers who wish to dispute incorrect payment amounts through Independent Bill...
Audit Complaints: Zurich Rejecting Valid e-Bills
Jul 31, 2023
Audit Complaints: Zurich Rejecting Valid e-Bills
Zurich Insurance North America is failing to reimburse providers for treating injured workers.Since early June, Zurich has incorrectly rejected 745 valid e-bills submi...
Shout Out: Texas DWC
Jul 27, 2023
Shout Out: Texas DWC
At daisyNews, we consider it our duty to highlight the shortcomings of underperforming regulatory agencies like the California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC). That s...
Tristar Flouts Law - How Long Will IBR Take?
Jul 26, 2023
Tristar Flouts Law - How Long Will IBR Take?
Tristar Risk Management seems extra comfortable ignoring payment laws and regulations, even by the woeful standards of California workers’ comp. As a result, daisyCollect has...
Sedgwick Must Be Fined: An Open Letter to the CA DWC
Jul 25, 2023
Sedgwick Must Be Fined: An Open Letter to the CA DWC
To: California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC)From: daisyBillSubject: 102,498 Sedgwick Audit ComplaintsWe hope this message finds you well. We wr...